Increases in adipose tissue and muscle function are longitudinally associated with better quality of life in colorectal cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT: Colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors need evidence-based guidelines pertaining to post-treatment body composition, which could benefit health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We aimed to describe the course of several body composition measures, and to assess longitudinal associations of these measures with HRQoL, fatigue and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). In a prospective cohort among stage I-III CRC survivors (n = 459), five repeated home visits from diagnosis up to 24 months post-treatment were executed. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and fat percentage were assessed as measures of adiposity, and muscle arm circumference and handgrip strength as measures of muscle mass and function. We applied linear mixed-models to describe changes in body composition over t

SUBMITTER: Kenkhuis MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8203762 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature