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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Radiologically Defined Sarcopenia as a Biomarker for Frailty and Malnutrition in Head and Neck Skin Cancer Patients.

Aniek T Zwart, Laurence M C Kok, Julius de Vries, Marloes S van Kester, Rudi A J O Dierckx, Geertruida H de Bock, Anouk van der Hoorn, Gyorgy B Halmos

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Sarcopenia predicts postoperative complications in head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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  7. Unveiling the relation between swallowing muscle mass and skeletal muscle mass in head and neck cancer patients.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aniek T ZwartDepartment of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9770-4754
Laurence M C KokDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.
Julius de VriesDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5549-2055
Marloes S van KesterDepartment of Dermatology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9442-0898
Rudi A J O DierckxDepartment of Radiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.
Geertruida H de BockDepartment of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3104-4471
Anouk van der HoornDepartment of Radiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4649-327X
Gyorgy B HalmosDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2460-2260
University Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

Graduate School of Medical Sciences of the University of Groningen 3-years-PhD scholarship for excellent master students
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether radiologically defined sarcopenia, or a low skeletal muscle index (SMI), could be used as a practical biomarker for frailty and postoperative complications (POC) in patients with head and neck skin cancer (HNSC). This was a retrospective study on prospectively collected data. The L3 SMI (cm

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frail elderlygeriatric assessmenthead and neck neoplasmspostoperative complicationssarcopeniaskin neoplasms

Identifiers

PMID37240550
PMCPMC10218972
OpenAlexW4378515919

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