ArticleOncology letters2026
Predictive significance of thoracic skeletal muscle nutritional status for radiotherapy survival in elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
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The prognosis of patients with esophageal cancer is associated with nutrition. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of thoracic status on the prognosis of elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) following radiotherapy. A retrospective analysis was performed of 123 elderly patients who underwent radiotherapy for ESCC and were admitted to The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University (Xuzhou, China) between October 2018 and October 2021. General clinical data and hematological data of the patients were collected before radiotherapy, with CT delineation of the 10-segment thoracic skeletal muscle volume by radiotherapy. The 10th thoracic vertebra level skeletal muscle volume index (T10 SMVI)=T10 skeletal muscle volume (cm
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