A validation of height- and body mass index-adjusted skeletal muscle Z-scores for cancer prognosis prediction
The Derstine Z-score is a valuable prognostic indicator in patients with cancer. A cutoff value of -3 may better capture low muscle mass in a different race than the original paper.
Authors
- Taketo Kawai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7279-2874)
- Kotaro Sugawara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3272-1748)
- Shohei Inui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-4141)
- Kenjiro Kishitani
- Hiroshi Fukuhara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5404-600X)
- Mariko Kurokawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3907-9188)
- Wataru Gonoi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5018-4683)
- Shouhei Hanaoka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7496-1651)
- Mikiko Uemura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8461-7355)
- Shinichiro Shiomi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9356-4897)
- Nobuhiko Akamatsu
- Haruki Kume
- Koichi Yagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8319-8005)
- Osamu Abe
- Carla M. Prado
- Koji Tanaka
- Yasuyuki Seto
- Tohru Nakagawa
- M. Cristina Gonzalez
- Satoru Taguchi
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Universidade Federal de Pelotas (BR)
- Kyorin University (JP)
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine (JP)
- University of Tokyo Hospital (JP)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Teikyo University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
- Published
- 2026-03-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2026.103118
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00