Low muscle attenuation is a prognostic factor for survival in metastatic breast cancer patients treated with first line palliative chemotherapy
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Background Low muscle mass (LMM) and low muscle attenuation (LMA) reflect low muscle quantity and low muscle quality, respectively. Both are associated with a poor outcome in several types of solid malignancies. This study determined the association of skeletal muscle measures with overall survival (OS) and time to next treatment (TNT). Patients and methods A skeletal muscle index (SMI) in cm 2 /m 2 and muscle attenuation (MA) in Hounsfield units (HU) were measured using abdominal CT-images of 166 patients before start of first-line chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer. Low muscle mass (SMI <41 cm 2 /m 2 ), sarcopenic obesity (LMM and BMI ≥30 kg/m 2 ) and low muscle attenuation (MA <41 HU and BMI <25 kg/m2 or MA <33 HU and BMI ≥25 kg/m2) were related to OS and TNT. Results The prevalence of LMM, sarcopenic obesity and LMA were 66.9%, 7.2% and 59.6% respectively. LMM and sarcopenic obesity showed no significant association with OS and TNT, whereas LMA was associated with both lower OS (HR 2.04, 95% CI 1.34–3.12, p = 0.001) and shorter TNT (HR 1.72, 95% CI 1.14–2.62, p = 0.010). Patients with LMA had a median OS and TNT of 15 and 8 months respectively, compared to 23 and 10 months in patients with normal MA. Conclusion LMA is a prognostic factor for OS and TNT in metastatic breast cancer patients receiving first-line palliative chemotherapy, whereas LMM and sarcopenic obesity are not. Further research is needed to establish what impact LMA should have in daily clinical practice.
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- Authors
- Rier, H. N., Jager, A., Sleijfer, S., van Rosmalen, J., Kock, M. C. J. M., & Levin, M.-D.
- Affiliations
- Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis (NL)
- Erasmus MC Cancer Institute (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Rier, Hánah N.
- ORCID
- Venue
- The Breast
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-02
- Volume
- 31
- Pages
- 9-15
- ISSN
- 0960-9776 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2540033076
- Cited by
- 149
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 5
- FWCI
- 9.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Breast (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Keywords
- metastatic breast cancer, skeletal muscle index, sarcopenic obesity, low muscle mass, prognostic factors, overall survival, time to next treatment, palliative chemotherapy, skeletal muscle quality, sarcopenia
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Muscular Atrophy, Neoplasm Metastasis, Netherlands, Palliative Care, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Prevalence, Muscle, Skeletal
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