LA-HNC	Locally advanced head and neck cancer
SMA	Skeletal muscle area
SMM	Skeletal muscle mass
LSMI	Lumbar skeletal muscle index
C3	Third cervical vertebra
L3	Third lumbar vertebra
HU	Hounsfield unit
BMI	Body mass index
CT	Computed tomography
MRI	Magnetic resonance imaging
ICC	Intraclass correlation coefficient
SD	Standard deviation
IQR	Interquartile range
ACE–27	Adult Comorbidity Evaluation 27
ECOG	Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
TNM	Tumor, node, metastasis
CI	Confidence interval
HR	Hazard ratio