Low psoas muscle index has a negative impact on survival after minimal invasive esophagectomy for cancer in European men.

Introduction: Sarcopenia, a key component of frailty in cancer patients, is associated with complicated procedures and worse survival after esophageal resection. The psoas muscle index (PMI) has been implicated as a possible sarcopenia imaging marker. This retrospective study aims to elucidate the effect of PMI and BMI in a cohort in Europe after totally minimally invasive esophagectomy for cancer.

Joint Imaging Platform for Federated Clinical Data Analytics.

Purpose: Image analysis is one of the most promising applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, potentially improving prediction, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. Although scientific advances in this area critically depend on the accessibility of large-volume and high-quality data, sharing data between institutions faces various ethical and legal constraints as well as organizational and technical obstacles.

Methods: The Joint Imaging Platform (JIP) of the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) addresses these issues by providing federated data analysis technology in a secure and compliant way.