Long-Term Evolution of Skeletal Muscle Quantity and Quality After Curative-Intent Colon Cancer Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Diagnostics (Basel) · 2025 · PMC12692000 · PMID 41374473

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Markers remained stable over time except for SMRA, which numerically decreased for both sexes; however, it did not reach statistical significance.

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

The fact that SMRA had a decreasing trend compared with the other parameters, while being more strongly correlated with postoperative complications raises the hypothesis that muscle quality is a key parameter to study and attempt to improve with rehabilitation programs.

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