CT‐measured skeletal muscle mass used to assess frailty in patients with head and neck cancer

• Main Authors: Aniek T. Zwart (Author), Anouk van derHoorn (Author), Peter M.A. vanOoijen (Author), Roel J.H.M. Steenbakkers (Author), Geertruida H. deBock (Author), Gyorgy B. Halmos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Skeletal muscle depletion or sarcopenia is related to multiple adverse clinical outcome. However, frailty questionnaires are currently applied in the daily practice to identify patients who are potentially (un)suitable for treatment but are time consuming and straining for patien...