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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Muscle Loss During Androgen Deprivation Therapy Is Associated With Higher Risk of Non-Cancer Mortality in High-Risk Prostate Cancer.

Pai-Kai Chiang, Wei-Kung Tsai, Allen Wen-Hsiang Chiu, Jhen-Bin Lin, Feng-Yi Yang, Jie Lee

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Influence of androgen deprivation therapy on physical performance and muscle strength in prostate cancer patients - a systematic review.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Pai-Kai ChiangDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wei-Kung TsaiDepartment of Urology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Allen Wen-Hsiang ChiuDepartment of Urology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jhen-Bin LinDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
Feng-Yi YangDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jie LeeDepartment of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Mackay Medical College · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWChanghua Christian Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The changes in body composition are early adverse effects of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT); however, their prognostic impact remains unclear in prostate cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the association between body composition changes and survival in patients with high-risk prostate cancer. We measured the skeletal muscle index (SMI) and total adipose tissue index (TATI) at the L3 vertebral level using computed tomography at baseline and within one year after initiating ADT in 125 patients with high-risk prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy and ADT between 2008 and 2018. Non-cancer mortality predictors were identified using Cox regression models. The median follow-up was 49 months. Patients experienced an average SMI loss of 5.5% over 180 days (95% confidence interval: -7.0 to -4.0;

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androgen deprivation therapybody compositionnon-cancer mortalityprostate cancersarcopeniaskeletal muscle loss

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PMCPMC8485032
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