Background/aim: Skeletal muscle mass (SMM) is often depleted in patients with gastric cancer undergoing gastrectomy. Using a novel method, we evaluated the effect of SMM depletion after gastrectomy on disease prognosis.
Patients And Methods: The maximum cross-sectional area of the psoas-muscle (MCA-PM) was measured before surgery and at 1 year after in 233 patients with gastric cancer who underwent radical gastrectomy to determine the ratio (MCA-PMR) as an indicator of SMM depletion.
Results: The MCA-PMR cutoff value was set at 90%, and patients were divided into the groups with <90% and ≥90%. MCA-PMR <90% was an independent prognostic factor for all patients. In 88 patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy including S-1, the 5-year cancer-specific survival rate was significantly better for those with MCA-PMR ≥90% than for those with MCA-PMR <90% (84.1% vs. 59.1%; p=0.010; hazard ratio=2.974; 95% confidence interval=1.241-7.124).
Conclusion: SMM depletion after gastrectomy can be measured using the MCA-PMR. This novel measurement can be easily implemented in the clinical setting.
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