Quantifying the Severity of Sarcopenia in Patients with Cancer of the Head and Neck

In this study we aimed to define criterion values for moderate and severe skeletal muscle depletion based on the risk of mortality in a population of patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). Additionally, we aimed to identify clinical and demographic predictors of skeletal muscle depletion, evaluate the survival impact of skeletal muscle depletion in patients with minimal nutritional risk or good performance status, and finally, benchmarking SMI values of patients with HNC against healthy young adults.

Source: Clinical Nutrition - February 20, 2024 Category: Nutrition Authors: Catherine Kubrak, Lisa Martin, Aaron J. Grossberg, Brennan Olson, Faith Ottery, Merran Findlay, Judith D. Bauer, Naresh Jha, Rufus Scrimger, Brock Debenham, Neil Chua, John Walker, Vickie Baracos Tags: Original article Source Type: research