CT-Defined Fat Index Is a Prognostic Factor of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Outcomes in Adult Allogeneic Transplant Recipients

Additional tools for risk-stratification of chronic graft vs. host disease (cGVHD) may enhance the established NIH consensus-based severity score. Radiographic body composition metrics arising from standardly performed CT-scans have previously shown significant association with treatment complications in other cancer populations. We aimed to characterize skeletal muscle (SM) and adiposity in cGVHD patients to discern potential association with subsequent mortality.
Source: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: 268 Source Type: research