Body composition predictors of mortality on computed tomography in patients with spinal metastases undergoing surgical treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Background context

Although survival of patients with spinal metastases has improved over the last decades due to advances in multi-modal therapy, there are currently no reliable predictors of mortality. Body composition measurements obtained using computed tomography (CT) have been recently proposed as biomarkers for survival in patients with and without cancer. Patients with cancer routinely undergo CT for staging or surveillance of therapy. Body composition assessed using opportunistic CTs might be used to determine survival in patients with spinal metastases.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to determine the value of body composition measures obtained on opportunistic abdomen CTs to predict 90-day and 1-year mortality in patients with spinal metastases undergoing su

SUBMITTER: Bongers MER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8957497 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature