Association between CT-Quantified Body Composition and Recurrence, Survival in Nonmetastasis Colorectal Cancer Patients Underwent Regular Chemotherapy after Surgery

<div>Example of a computed tomography (CT) scan with the area-based, densitometric quantification of adipose tissue (threshold: −190 to −30 HU) measured at spinal level L3/4: regions of interest (ROI) containing visceral fat area (VAT) (a) and an example of the densitometric quantification of muscle area (SM), dorsal and psoas muscles (threshold: 40 to 100 HU) (b).</div>

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Figure 1: Association between CT-Quantified Body Composition and Recurrence, Survival in Nonmetastasis Colorectal Cancer Patients Underwent Regular Chemotherapy after Surgery 

Figure 1 | Association between CT-Quantified Body Composition and Recurrence, Survival in Nonmetastasis Colorectal Cancer Patients Underwent Regular Chemotherapy after Surgery 