Deep learning for medical image-based cancer diagnosis

X Jiang, Z Hu, S Wang, Y Zhang - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Deep learning has succeeded greatly in medical image-based cancer
diagnosis. To help readers better understand the current research status and ideas, this …

Influence of reduced muscle mass and quality on ventilator weaning and complications during intensive care unit stay in COVID-19 patients

S Damanti, G Cristel, GA Ramirez, EP Bozzolo… - Clinical Nutrition, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & aims Sarcopenia, a loss of muscle mass, quality and function, which is
particularly evident in respiratory muscles, has been associated with many clinical adverse …

Automated temporalis muscle quantification and growth charts for children through adulthood

A Zapaishchykova, KX Liu, A Saraf, Z Ye… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Lean muscle mass (LMM) is an important aspect of human health. Temporalis muscle
thickness is a promising LMM marker but has had limited utility due to its unknown normal …

Measurement of sarcopenia in head and neck cancer patients and its association with frailty

R de Bree, CDA Meerkerk, GB Halmos… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In head and neck cancer (HNC) there is a need for more personalized treatment based on
risk assessment for treatment related adverse events (ie toxicities and complications) …

Human skeletal muscle-specific atrophy with aging: a comprehensive review

M Naruse, S Trappe, TA Trappe - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Age-related skeletal muscle atrophy appears to be a muscle group-specific process, yet only
a few specific muscles have been investigated and our understanding in this area is limited …

The effectiveness of skeletal muscle evaluation at the third cervical vertebral level for computed tomography‐defined sarcopenia assessment in patients with head and …

B Vangelov, J Bauer, D Moses, R Smee - Head & Neck, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Computed tomography (CT)‐defined sarcopenia is a prognostic indicator in
head and neck cancer (HNC), with the gold standard for muscle evaluation using cross …

Interconnection between cardiac cachexia and heart failure—Protective role of cardiac obesity

ME Soto, I Pérez-Torres, ME Rubio-Ruiz… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cachexia may be caused by congestive heart failure, and it is then called cardiac cachexia,
which leads to increased morbidity and mortality. Cardiac cachexia also worsens skeletal …

[HTML][HTML] Sarcopenia and its impact in head and neck cancer treatment

R de Bree, MA van Beers… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
SMM measurement at the level of the third cervical vertebra (C3) on routine computed
tomography and magnetic resonance imaging is easy and robust to perform. Several studies …

Older cancer patients receiving radiotherapy: a systematic review for the role of sarcopenia in treatment outcomes

NM Catikkas, Z Bahat, MM Oren, G Bahat - Aging clinical and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Previous studies have evaluated the prognostic effects of sarcopenia in cancer
patients receiving various treatments, including chemotherapy and surgery, but few studies …

Association of sarcopenia with oncologic outcomes of primary treatment among patients with oral cavity cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

JP Graves, GS Daher, MMJ Bauman, EJ Moore… - Oral Oncology, 2023 - Elsevier
Goal We performed a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis to determine how
radiographic sarcopenia assessment methods and the presence of pre-treatment …