Body Composition as a Comorbidity-Independent Predictor of Survival following Nephroureterectomy for Urothelial Cancer of the Upper Urinary Tract

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-535273
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.53527

Pickl, Christoph ; Engelmann, Simon ; Girtner, Florian ; Gužvić, Miodrag

; van Rhijn, Bas W. G. ; Hartmann, Valerie ; Holbach, Sonja ; Kälble, Sebastian ; Haas, Maximilian ; Rosenhammer, Bernd ; Breyer, Johannes ; Burger, Maximilian ; Mayr, Roman

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Abstract

Radical nephroureterectomy (NUE) is the gold standard treatment for high-risk urothelial cancer of the upper urinary tract (UTUC). Besides sarcopenia and frailty, fat distribution is moving increasingly into focus. Components of body composition were assessed in patients undergoing NUE due to UTUC. The study cohort included 142 patients. By using CT-based measurements, the skeletal muscle index ...