Jianrong Hu

Jun 30, 2023 | journals.plos.org | Qian Yuan |Feng Yuan |Jingjing An |Jianrong Hu

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewedResearch Article AbstractPurposeTo identify the predictive role of pretreatment skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) for long-term survival of bladder cancer patients. MethodsSeveral databases were searched for studies investigating the relationship between pretreatment SMI and prognosis in bladder cancer. The overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) were defined as primary and secondary outcomes, respectively.