Search Results - "Cespedes Feliciano, Elizabeth M."
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Adiposity and cancer survival: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published in Cancer causes & control (01-10-2022)“…Purpose The increasing availability of clinical imaging tests (especially CT and MRI) that directly quantify adipose tissue has led to a rapid increase in…”
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Objective Sleep Characteristics and Cardiometabolic Health in Young Adolescents
Published in Pediatrics (Evanston) (01-07-2018)“…: media-1vid110.1542/5778442247001PEDS-VA_2017-4085 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Shorter sleep duration is associated with childhood obesity. Few studies measure…”
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The Obesity Paradox in Cancer: How Important Is Muscle?
Published in Annual review of nutrition (21-08-2018)“…Although higher body mass index (BMI) increases the incidence of many cancers, BMI can also exhibit a null or U-shaped relationship with survival among…”
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The evolution of body composition in oncology—epidemiology, clinical trials, and the future of patient care: facts and numbers
Published in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (01-12-2018)“…There is growing interest from the oncology community to understand how body composition measures can be used to improve the delivery of clinical care for the…”
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Muscle segmentation in axial computed tomography (CT) images at the lumbar (L3) and thoracic (T4) levels for body composition analysis
Published in Computerized medical imaging and graphics (01-07-2019)“…•A new convolutional neural network is presented that takes as input an axial slice from a CT image at L3 or T4 level and generates the muscle segmentation…”
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Weight stability masks changes in body composition in colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-06-2021)“…There is an emerging viewpoint that change in body weight is not sufficiently sensitive to promptly identify clinically meaningful change in body composition,…”
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Muscle mass at the time of diagnosis of nonmetastatic colon cancer and early discontinuation of chemotherapy, delays, and dose reductions on adjuvant FOLFOX: The C‐SCANS study
Published in Cancer (15-12-2017)“…BACKGROUND For many chemotherapy regimens dosed based on body surface area (BSA), patients experience dose reductions or delays or discontinue treatment,…”
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The association of medical and demographic characteristics with sarcopenia and low muscle radiodensity in patients with nonmetastatic colorectal cancer
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-03-2019)“…Sarcopenia and low skeletal muscle radiodensity (SMD) have been associated with adverse outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC); however, factors…”
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Evaluation of automated computed tomography segmentation to assess body composition and mortality associations in cancer patients
Published in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (01-10-2020)“…Background Body composition from computed tomography (CT) scans is associated with cancer outcomes including surgical complications, chemotoxicity, and…”
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Adipose Tissue Distribution and Survival Among Women with Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer
Published in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (01-06-2019)“…Objective Previous studies of breast cancer survival have not considered specific depots of adipose tissue such as subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and…”
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Association of Weight Change after Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis and Outcomes in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Population
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-01-2017)“…Higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with incident colorectal cancer but not consistently with colorectal cancer survival. Whether weight gain or loss is…”
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The deterioration of muscle mass and radiodensity is prognostic of poor survival in stage I–III colorectal cancer: a population‐based cohort study (C‐SCANS)
Published in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (01-08-2018)“…Background Muscle abnormalities such as low muscle mass and low muscle radiodensity are well known risk factors for unfavourable cancer prognosis. However,…”
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Postdiagnosis Weight Change and Survival Following a Diagnosis of Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-01-2017)“…Achieving a healthy weight is recommended for all breast cancer survivors. Previous research on postdiagnosis weight change and mortality had conflicting…”
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Screening for low muscularity in colorectal cancer patients: a valid, clinic‐friendly approach that predicts mortality
Published in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (01-10-2018)“…Background Low skeletal muscle quantified using computed tomography (CT) scans is associated with morbidity and mortality among cancer patients. However,…”
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Body composition from single versus multi‐slice abdominal computed tomography: Concordance and associations with colorectal cancer survival
Published in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (01-12-2022)“…Background Computed tomography (CT) scans are routinely obtained in oncology and provide measures of muscle and adipose tissue predictive of morbidity and…”
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Metabolic abnormalities and survival among patients with non-metastatic breast cancer
Published in BMC cancer (29-12-2022)“…Research on the impact of metabolic abnormalities on breast cancer prognosis is limited by small samples and assessment of laboratory values at a single time…”
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Associations of pre‐existing co‐morbidities with skeletal muscle mass and radiodensity in patients with non‐metastatic colorectal cancer
Published in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (01-08-2018)“…Background and aim Co‐morbidities and computerized tomography‐measured muscle abnormalities are both common in cancer patients and independently adversely…”
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Change in Dietary Patterns and Change in Waist Circumference and DXA Trunk Fat Among Postmenopausal Women
Published in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (01-10-2016)“…Objective To examine whether changes in diet quality predict changes in central adiposity among postmenopausal women. Methods At baseline and 3‐year follow‐up,…”
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The Importance of Body Composition in Explaining the Overweight Paradox in Cancer-Counterpoint
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-04-2018)“…Despite a greater risk of cancer associated with higher BMI, overweight (BMI 25-<30 kg/m ) and class I obese (BMI 30-<35 kg/m ) patients often have a…”
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D3‐creatine dilution, computed tomography and dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry for assessing myopenia and physical function in colon cancer: A cross‐sectional study
Published in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (01-12-2023)“…Background Low skeletal muscle mass (myopenia) is common in cancer populations and is associated with functional decline and mortality, but prior oncology…”
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