Clinical significance of sarcopenia in children with neuroblastic tumors
In children with NT, the SMI-z at diagnosis was a significant prognostic factor and decreased during treatment and follow-up along with HT-z and BW-z. Monitoring muscle mass is important because sarcopenia may be associated with growth impairment.
Authors
- Tomoro Hishiki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2515-1054)
- Katsuhiro Nishimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3382-9299)
- Shugo Komatsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5479-3611)
- Wataru Kudo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1090-2211)
- Ayako Takenouchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2109-386X)
- Keita Terui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4315-5179)
- Ryoya Furugane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7633-757X)
- Yunosuke Kawaguchi
- Daisuke Katsumi
Institutions
- Jichi Medical University (JP)
- Chiba University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Surgery International
- Published
- 2024-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-024-05815-9
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.66