Hounsfield units predict vertebral compression fractures in gastric cancer survivors after adjuvant irradiation
The lower median HU value of T12 vertebrae is a significant and independent risk factor for VCF development in GC patients who received adjuvant RT. HUs values serve as a simple and reliable predictor of VCF development in this population.
Authors
- Yasin Ozyurek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4894-1761)
- Faruk Zorlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9835-4768)
- Ecem Yiğit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8850-4830)
- Fazlı Yağız Yedekçi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9448-8278)
- Pervin Hürmüz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1221-9192)
- Şuayib Yalçın (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7850-6798)
- Mustafa Cengiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3692-8532)
Institutions
- Hacettepe University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Radiation Oncology Journal
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3857/roj.2024.00409
- Primary Topic
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00