Prognostic Significance of Preoperative Sarcopenia in Patients With Gastric Cancer Liver Metastases Receiving Hepatectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The present work focused on assessing the role of computed tomography (CT)-determined sarcopenia in the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer liver metastases (GCLM) receiving hepatectomy.

Methods

We analyzed data collected from GCLM cases that underwent hepatectomy between March 2011 and July 2017. The third lumbar vertebra (L3) level skeletal muscle index (SMI) was analyzed by abdominal CT to determine the sarcopenia before surgery. The thresholds for CT-based sarcopenia of sex-specific L3 SMI were ≤ 34.9 cm²/m² and ≤ 40.8 cm²/m² for female and male, separately We determined overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS)by univariate and multivariate analyses.

Results

The cohort enrolled altogether

SUBMITTER: Xiong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9127608 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature