Sarcopenia and Treatment Toxicity in Older Adults Undergoing Chemoradiation for Head and Neck Cancer: Identifying Factors to Predict Frailty

Sarcopenia and Treatment Toxicity in Older Adults Undergoing Chemoradiation for Head and Neck Cancer: Identifying Factors to Predict Frailty

This study was performed to identify treatment related toxicities in older adults undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer and nutritional and skeletal muscle measures that might identify frailty. Imaging analysis was done with the following skeletal muscle measurements: skel...

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Main Authors: Ryan T. Morse, Rohit G. Ganju, Gregory N. Gan, Ying Cao, Prakash Neupane, Kiran Kakarala, Yelizaveta Shnayder, Christopher E. Lominska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
geriatric oncology
geriatric assessment
sarcopenia
treatment toxicity
chemotherapy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/14/9/2094

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