[HTML][HTML] Methodology, clinical applications, and future directions of body composition analysis using computed tomography (CT) images: a review

A Tolonen, T Pakarinen, A Sassi, J Kyttä… - European journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose of the review We aim to review the methods, current research evidence, and future
directions in body composition analysis (BCA) with CT imaging. Recent findings CT images …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetes and pancreatic cancer: Exploring the two-way traffic

A Roy, J Sahoo, S Kamalanathan, D Naik… - World journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is often associated with a poor prognosis. Long-standing diabetes
mellitus is considered as an important risk factor for its development. This risk can be …

Sarcopenia and myosteatosis are associated with survival in patients receiving immunotherapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

BB Chen, PC Liang, TTF Shih, TH Liu, YC Shen… - European …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives To investigate the association of sarcopenia, myosteatosis, and sarcopenic
obesity with survival outcomes among patients who underwent immunotherapy for …

Adiposity and cancer survival: a systematic review and meta-analysis

E Cheng, J Kirley, EM Cespedes Feliciano… - Cancer Causes & …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The increasing availability of clinical imaging tests (especially CT and MRI) that
directly quantify adipose tissue has led to a rapid increase in studies examining the …

CT-derived body composition assessment as a prognostic tool in oncologic patients: from opportunistic research to artificial intelligence–based clinical implementation

DDB Bates, PJ Pickhardt - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Please see the Editorial Comment by James S. Jelinek discussing this article. CT-based
body composition measures are well established in research settings as prognostic markers …

Insulin and cancer: a tangled web

BP Leitner, S Siebel, ND Akingbesote… - Biochemical …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
For a century, since the pioneering work of Otto Warburg, the interwoven relationship
between metabolism and cancer has been appreciated. More recently, with obesity rates …

The MAPS-CRAFITY score: a novel efficacy predictive tool for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma treated with targeted therapy plus immunotherapy

J Ouyang, Y Yang, Y Zhou, F Ye, Z Wang, Q Li… - Hepatology …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Body composition parameters (BCPs) are associated with mortality in
patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Our purpose was to develop a practical …

Prevalence and prognostic value of sarcopenic obesity in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Q Gao, K Hu, J Gao, Y Shang, F Mei, L Zhao, F Chen… - Nutrition, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational
studies to estimate the overall prevalence and prognostic value of sarcopenic obesity (SO) …

The prognostic value of low muscle mass in pancreatic cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ES Pierobon, L Moletta, S Zampieri, R Sartori… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Low muscle mass is associated with reduced survival in patients with different cancer types.
The interest in preoperative sarcopenia and pancreatic cancer has risen in the last decade …

[HTML][HTML] Sarcopenia is an independent prognostic factor in patients with pancreatic cancer–a meta-analysis

M Thormann, M Hinnerichs, FB Ordonez, S Saalfeld… - Academic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives Sarcopenia is defined as skeletal muscle loss and can be
assessed by cross-sectional imaging. Our aim was to establish the effect of sarcopenia on …