ASO Author Reflections: Impact of the Ratio of the Visceral Fat Area (VFA) to Psoas Muscle Area (PMA) (V/P Ratio) on Survival for Patients with Surgically Resected Esophageal Cancer

Past The true impact of co-occurring muscle mass reduction and fat accumulation on patients with surgically resected esophageal cancer (EC) remains controversial. Present The current study defined reduction in muscle mass and excess body adiposity as the ratio of the visceral fat area (VFA) to the p...

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Published in:Annals of surgical oncology 2022-07, Vol.29 (7), p.4472-4473
Main Authors: Sakai, Makoto, Sohda, Makoto, Uchida, Shintaro, Yamaguchi, Arisa, Watanabe, Takayoshi, Saito, Hideyuki, Ubukata, Yasunari, Nakazawa, Nobuhiro, Kuriyama, Kengo, Sano, Akihiko, Ogawa, Hiroomi, Yokobori, Takehiko, Shirabe, Ken, Saeki, Hiroshi
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Language:English
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Adipose tissue
ASO Author Reflections
Body composition
Body mass index
Computed tomography
Esophageal cancer
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Multivariate analysis
Oncology
Patients
Psoas muscle
Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Survival
Vertebrae
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Summary:Past The true impact of co-occurring muscle mass reduction and fat accumulation on patients with surgically resected esophageal cancer (EC) remains controversial. Present The current study defined reduction in muscle mass and excess body adiposity as the ratio of the visceral fat area (VFA) to the psoas muscle area (V/P ratio) on the same axial computed tomography slice at the third lumbar vertebra (L3). A high V/P ratio was associated with greater age ( p  = 0.03), higher body mass index (BMI) ( p  
ISSN:1068-9265
1534-4681
DOI:10.1245/s10434-022-11615-z