Masticatory muscle index for indicating skeletal muscle mass in patients with head and neck cancer.
<h4>Background</h4>A typical assessment for sarcopenia involves the use of abdominal computed tomography (CT) for calculating the skeletal muscle index (SMI) at the level of the third lumbar vertebra (L3). However, abdominal CT is not regularly performed on patients with head and neck ca...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021
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