Skeletal muscle mass and sarcopenia can be determined with 1.5-T and 3-T neck MRI scans, in the event that no neck CT scan is performed

OBJECTIVES: Cross-sectional area (CSA) measurements of the neck musculature at the level of third cervical vertebra (C3) on CT scans are used to diagnose radiological sarcopenia, which is related to multiple adverse outcomes in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients. Alternatively, these assessments ar...

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Autores principales: Zwart, Aniek T., Becker, Jan-Niklas, Lamers, Maria J., Dierckx, Rudi A. J. O., de Bock, Geertruida H., Halmos, Gyorgy B., van der Hoorn, Anouk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
Materias:
Head and Neck
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8128750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33219847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-020-07440-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8128750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33219847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-020-07440-1

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