Baseline and dynamic changes in skeletal muscle mass as predictive biomarkers in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with Nivolumab
 
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Doç. Dr. Erdem Özkan Kastamonu Training And Research Hospital, Türkiye
Murathan Koksal
Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Bünyamin ECE Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Koyun Kastamonu Training And Research Hospital, Türkiye
Ömer Faruk Kuzu Cankiri State Hospital, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Yusuf Açıkgöz Lokman Hekim Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Efnan Algın
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Radiology and Oncology (Q2)
Dergi ISSN 1318-2099 Dergi Bilgileri (2025)
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 12-2025
Kabul Tarihi Yayınlanma Tarihi 01-12-2025
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 59 / 4 / 624–634 DOI 10.2478/raon-2025-0065
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2025-0065
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Background Low skeletal muscle mass has been increasingly recognized as a negative prognostic factor in oncology. According to the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2 (EWGSOP2), sarcopenia is defined as a progressive and generalized skeletal muscle disorder characterized by the loss of muscle strength and muscle mass, which can lead to impaired physical performance. This study aimed to investigate whether baseline low muscle mass and dynamic changes in muscle mass during immunotherapy could predict treatment response and survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) treated with Nivolumab. Patients and methods This retrospective cohort study included 50 mRCC patients (35 men, 15 women; mean age 59.1 ± 10.2 years) who received Nivolumab between 2019 and 2022 and underwent abdominal computed tomography (CT) before and during …
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computed tomography | low muscle mass | nivolumab | renal cell carcinoma