Güner, Gürkan and Özçakar, Levent and Baytar, Yusuf and Onur, Mehmet Ruhi and Demir, Metin and Aktaş, Burak Yasin and Aktepe, Oktay Halit and Güven, Deniz Can and Taban, Hakan and Yıldırım, Hasan Çağrı and Akın, Serkan and Aksoy, Sercan and Kara, Murat and Dizdar, Ömer (2024) Sonographic Measurements of Rectus Femoris Muscle Thickness Strongly Predict Neutropenia in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy. Cancers, 16 (5). p. 1061. ISSN 2072-6694
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to explore the possible association between low skeletal muscle mass (SMM)—assessed by computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound (US)—and hematologic toxicity in cancer patients. A prospective cohort study was conducted in cancer patients who received anthracycline-based chemotherapy between 2018 and 2020 and who had baseline abdominal CT including L3 level for measuring SMM. Regional muscle measurements were carried out using US. A total of 65 patients (14 males, 51 females) were included. ROC (receiver operating characteristic) analysis identified threshold values of 18.0 mm [AUC (area under the curve) = 0.765] for females and 20.0 mm (AUC = 0.813) for males, predicting severe neutropenia. Using these cut-offs, females with low rectus femoris (RF) thickness (<18.0 mm) had a significantly higher incidence of grade ≥3 neutropenia (50.0% vs. 10.8%, p = 0.005), and males with low RF values (<20.0 mm) had a higher incidence (80.0% vs. 22.2%, p = 0.063). A regression analysis, irrespective of age, gender, and body mass index, revealed that only low RF muscle thickness increased the risk of grade 3–4 neutropenia by 9.210 times (95% CI = 2.401–35.326, p = 0.001). Utilizing US to measure RF muscle thickness aids in identifying cancer patients at an elevated risk of developing neutropenia. Needless to say, US can serve as a convenient and easily accessible tool for assessing low SMM, providing repeat point-of-care evaluations in clinical practice.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Oalibrary Press > Multidisciplinary |
Depositing User: | Managing Editor |
Date Deposited: | 06 Mar 2024 08:33 |
Last Modified: | 06 Mar 2024 08:33 |
URI: | http://asian.go4publish.com/id/eprint/3696 |