Association of preoperative muscle-adipose index measured by computed tomography with survival in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Danqi Qian,
Peipei Shen,
Jiahao Zhu
et al.
Abstract:Background
Conventional nutritional metrics are closely associated with the prognosis of patients with radically resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Nevertheless, the prognostic implications of muscle and adipose tissue composite indexes in ESCC remain unknown.
Methods
We retrospectively analyzed clinicopathological data of 304 patients who underwent resected ESCC. To obtain measurements of the muscle and adipose indexes, preoperati… Show more
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