The effectiveness of skeletal muscle evaluation at the third cervical vertebral level for computed tomography‐defined sarcopenia assessment in patients with head and neck cancer

BACKGROUND: Computed tomography (CT)‐defined sarcopenia is a prognostic indicator in head and neck cancer (HNC), with the gold standard for muscle evaluation using cross‐sectional area (CSA) at the third lumbar vertebra (L3). We compared methods using CSA at the third cervical vertebra (C3). METHODS...

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Autores principales: Vangelov, Belinda, Bauer, Judith, Moses, Daniel, Smee, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9305498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35138008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hed.27000

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9305498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35138008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hed.27000

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