Evaluation of the utility of different laboratory test-related sarcopenia indices as predictors of lung cancer mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We evaluated the utility of routine laboratory test-related sarcopenia indices as predictors of mortality in older patients with primary lung cancer undergoing the first chemotherapy course.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

West China Hospital, Chengdu, China.

Participants

This study enrolled primary lung cancer patients ≥ 60 years of age undergoing their first chemotherapy course.

Measurements

Data on individual patients were obtained from the medical records, while information on survival outcomes was gathered through telephone-based follow-up or local government databases. Using available routine hematological and biochemical test results, this study calculated three sarcopenia-related indices for each patient. These indices inclu

SUBMITTER: Chen X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12100790 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature