Muscle wasting assessment tools for prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT: Prostate cancer and its treatment may induce muscle wasting. Body composition and muscle functionality are rarely assessed in patients with prostate cancer from developing countries due to the limited availability of high-quality equipment for routine diagnosis. This cross-sectional study evaluated the association between several simplistic techniques for assessing muscle mass and function with a more complex standard of reference for muscle wasting among Mexican men with prostate cancer. Muscle wasting was highly prevalent, yet it was presumably associated with aging rather than cancer and its treatment itself. The restricted availability of specific equipment in clinical settings with technological limitations supports using unsophisticated techniques as surrogate measurements for muscle

SUBMITTER: Espinosa-Marron A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8933481 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature