scholarly journals Computed-Tomography Body Composition Analysis Complements Pre-Operative Nutrition Screening in Colorectal Cancer Patients on an Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Pathway

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 3745
Author(s):  
Pamela Klassen ◽  
Vickie Baracos ◽  
Leah Gramlich ◽  
Gregg Nelson ◽  
Vera Mazurak ◽  
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Pre-operative nutrition screening is recommended to identify cancer patients at risk of malnutrition, which is associated with poor outcomes. Low muscle mass (sarcopenia) and lipid infiltration to muscle cells (myosteatosis) are similarly associated with poor outcomes but are not routinely screened for. We investigated the prevalence of sarcopenia and myosteatosis across the nutrition screening triage categories of the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment Short Form (PG-SGASF) in a pre-operative colorectal cancer (CRC) cohort. Data were prospectively collected from patients scheduled for surgery at two sites in Edmonton, Canada. PG-SGASF scores ≥ 4 identified patients at risk for malnutrition; sarcopenia and myosteatosis were identified using computed-tomography (CT) analysis. Patients (n = 176) with a mean age of 63.8 ± 12.0 years, 52.3% male, 90.3% with stage I–III disease were included. Overall, 25.2% had PG-SGASF score ≥ 4. Sarcopenia alone, myosteatosis alone or both were identified in 14.0%, 27.3%, and 6.4% of patients, respectively. Sarcopenia and/or myosteatosis were identified in 43.4% of those with PG-SGASF score < 4 and in 58.5% of those with score ≥ 4. Overall, 32.9% of the cohort had sarcopenia and/or myosteatosis with PG-SGASF score < 4. CT-defined sarcopenia and myosteatosis are prevalent in pre-operative CRC patients, regardless of the presence of traditional nutrition risk factors (weight loss, problems eating); therefore, CT image analysis effectively adds value to nutrition screening by identifying patients with other risk factors for poor outcomes.

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 611-615
Author(s):  
Jean-Jacques Tuech ◽  
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Gilles Manceau ◽  
Mehdi Ouaissi ◽  
Christine Denet ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehrdad Zeinalian ◽  
Mohammad Hassan Emami ◽  
Rasoul Salehi ◽  
Azar Naimi ◽  
Mohammad Kazemi ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofiana Mootassim‐Billah ◽  
Gwen Van Nuffelen ◽  
Jean Schoentgen ◽  
Marc De Bodt ◽  
Tatiana Dragan ◽  
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