Imaging-based evaluation of cervical muscle mass and 6-month survival in males with hypopharyngeal carcinoma
Jouni Laurén, Harri Keski-Säntti, Antti Mäkitie, Otso Arponen · 2024
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Description
Men with cancer deep in the throat face a high risk of death in the first months after the find. Jouni Laurén and co-authors asked in 2024 if the size of neck muscles on a scan could flag those at most risk. They checked scans from sixty six men treated at one Finnish hospital.
One neck muscle score split the group in a stark way. Men below the cut point had a far worse rate of life at six months than men above it. Scores from scans at neck level did best at this task. The team says such scores could help doctors weigh bold care against care aimed at comfort.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jouni Laurén, Harri Keski-Säntti, Antti Mäkitie, Otso Arponen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |