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SUBMITTER: Yeh KY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7918727 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yeh Kun-Yun KY Ling Hang Huong HH Ng Shu-Hang SH Wang Cheng-Hsu CH Chang Pei-Hung PH Chou Wen-Chi WC Chen Fang-Ping FP Lin Yu-Ching YC
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 20210214 2
<h4>Background</h4>This study investigates whether the appendicular skeletal muscle index (ASMI) was an independent prognostic predictor for patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer (LAHNC) receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) and whether there were any differences in lean mass loss in different body regions during CCRT.<h4>Methods</h4>In this prospective study, we analyzed the clinicopathological variables and the total body composition data before and after treatment. The f ...[more]