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ArticleCancers2024

Temporal Muscle Thickness Compared to Functional Scales as a Prognostic Parameter in Patients with Brain Metastases.

Julia Klingenschmid, Aleksandrs Krigers, Daniel Pinggera, Johannes Kerschbaumer, Nadine Pichler, Victoria Schoen, Matthias Demetz, Astrid E Grams, Claudius Thomé, Christian F Freyschlag

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Article in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Julia KlingenschmidDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Aleksandrs KrigersDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-0950-426X
Daniel PinggeraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9354-4669
Johannes KerschbaumerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9997-4336
Nadine PichlerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Victoria SchoenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0009-0009-1768-3542
Matthias DemetzDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Astrid E GramsDepartment of Radiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Claudius ThoméDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Christian F FreyschlagDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8228-8217

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Abstract

Metastases are the most frequent intracranial malignant tumors in adults. While Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) and Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) are known to have significant impact on overall survival (OS), temporal muscle thickness (TMT) has been postulated to be a promising new parameter to estimate prognosis. Patients who received a resection of one to three brain metastases in our institution were included. Temporal muscle thickness was measured in preoperative MRI scans according to a standardized protocol. In 199 patients, the mean TMT was 7.5 mm (95CI 7.3-7.7) and the mean OS during follow-up was 31.3 months (95CI 24.2-38.3). There was no significant correlation of TMT and preoperative or follow-up CFS and KPS. While CFS and KPS did significantly correlate with OS (

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