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This article explores the use of temporalis muscle thickness (TMT) and masseter muscle thickness (MMT) as measures of sarcopenia and proxies for frailty in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the sinonasal tract (SNSCC) and sinonasal adenocarcinoma (SNAC). The study aimed to determine if lower TMT and MMT were associated with worse overall survival, 30-day readmission, and progression-free survival. However, the results showed that TMT and MMT measurements did not correlate with these outcomes in the study population. The authors suggest that further research with larger patient numbers and different types of pathology is needed to investigate the use of TMT and MMT as markers for frailty in sinonasal cancer. [Extracted from the article]

This article, published in the Journal of Neurological Surgery, explores the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) to assess the thickness of the temporalis and masseter muscles as indicators of frailty in patients with sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma (SNSCC). The study found that both MRI and CT measurements correlated with frailty measures, but MRI measurements were better associated with frailty than CT measurements. The authors suggest that MRI should be considered the gold standard imaging for future studies on TMT and MMT in patients with SNSCC. [Extracted from the article]