# OnCo record ct-body-composition-sarcopenia (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
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<https://onco.cc/technologies/ct-body-composition-sarcopenia/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "ct-body-composition-sarcopenia" ;
  schema:name "CT body composition and sarcopenia measurement"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "skeletal muscle index"@en, "L3 muscle area"@en, "CT sarcopenia"@en, "opportunistic body composition"@en, "myosteatosis"@en ;
  schema:description "The staging CT scan every cancer patient already has can be measured for muscle and fat at the level of the third lumbar vertebra; low muscle predicts chemotherapy toxicity and shorter survival across cancers, and software now does the measuring automatically."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/ct-body-composition-sarcopenia/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-17"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70153-0> ;
  onco:status "emerging" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/technologies/cachexia-appetite-pharmacotherapy/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/pancreatic/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/gastric/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/nsclc/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/hcc/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/oesophageal-adenocarcinoma/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/imaging/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/nutrition-lifestyle/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/ct/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/nutrition-screening-mnt/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/oncology-nutrition/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/geriatric-assessment/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/g8-geriatric-screening/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/radiology-ai-screening/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/quantitative-imaging-biomarkers/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/exercise-oncology/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/eras-perioperative-nutrition/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/sarcopenia/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/body-composition/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/cachexia/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/malnutrition-screening/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/dose-modification/> .