Combination of Muscle Quantity and Quality Is Useful to Assess the Necessity of Surveillance after a 5-Year Cancer-Free Period in Patients Who Undergo Radical Cystectomy: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study

Combination of Muscle Quantity and Quality Is Useful to Assess the Necessity of Surveillance after a 5-Year Cancer-Free Period in Patients Who Undergo Radical Cystectomy: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study

Background: Although continuous surveillance after a 5-year cancer-free period in patients with bladder cancer (BC) who undergo radical cystectomy (RC) is recommended, optimal candidates for continuous surveillance remain unclear. Sarcopenia is associated with unfavorable prognosis in various malign...

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Main Authors: Naoki Fujita, Masaki Momota, Hirotaka Horiguchi, Itsuto Hamano, Jotaro Mikami, Shingo Hatakeyama, Hiroyuki Ito, Takahiro Yoneyama, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Shoji Nishimura, Kazuaki Yoshikawa, Chikara Ohyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
bladder cancer
radical cystectomy
sarcopenia
psoas muscle index
myosteatosis
intramuscular adipose tissue content
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/5/1489

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