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| Application and research progress of CT and MRI in the assessment of cancer cachexia |
| Liu Shanling, Wang Yingjuan, Wang Chuanlin, Zhou Lan |
| Department of Clinical nutrition the Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University Yunnan Cancer Hospital Kunming
650100 Yunnan China |
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Abstract Cancer cachexia is a kind of major complication of various malignant tumors and is characterized by skeletal muscle
atrophy adipose tissue degeneration systemic inflammation and various metabolic abnormalities contribute to functional
impairment. CT and MRI are capable of qualitatively and quantitatively measuring muscle area muscle density and muscle fat
content. Utilizing advanced imaging techniques we assessed skeletal muscle area skeletal muscle index lateral and axial psoas major
muscle thickness indices along with other relevant parameters in patients. This comprehensive evaluation aims to provide a more
precise and objective assessment of sarcopenia and related conditions facilitating the identification of malignant fluid occurrence and
progression stages thereby enabling the formulation of tailored nutritional treatment plans for specific phases. In this paper we review
the application and research progress of CT and MRI in the assessment of nutritional status and diagnosis of cancer cachexia in patients
with tumors and actively carry out nutritional therapy in patients with nutritional risk or early stage of cancer cachexia to delay the
development and improve the clinical outcome of patients.
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