Association of body composition with survival in patients with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (PNET) following curative resection

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Introduction: The body composition has been demonstrated to be associated with the prognosis of various cancers. However, the prognostic value of body composition in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) following curative resection is still unknown.

Aim(s): To analyze the prognostic value of preoperative body composition in patients with pNETs following radical resection.

Materials and methods: The skeletal muscle area (SM), subcutaneous adipose tissue area (SAT), and visceral adipose tissue area (VAT) were evaluated based on preoperative CT at the L3 level. Sarcopenia was assessed based on skeletal muscle index using predefined cut-off values. The Kaplan–Meier method and the Cox proportional hazards model were used to assess the impact of those factors on overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS).

Conference:

Presenting Author: Xie Z

Authors: Shen X, Wang Z, Liu X, Wang X, Xie Z,

Keywords: body composition, pNETs, computed tomography, survival,