Patients with high body mass index tend to have lower stage of esophageal carcinoma at diagnosis
| Autor: | Yuki Hayashi, Manoop S. Bhutani, James W. Welsh, Reza J. Mehran, Jeffrey H. Lee, Steven H. Lin, Arlene M. Correa, Dipen M. Maru, Wayne L. Hofstetter, Jaffer A. Ajani, Akihiro Suzuki, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Stephen G. Swisher, David C. Rice |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Gastroenterology Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Esophageal cancer medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Weight loss Internal medicine Cohort medicine medicine.symptom Esophagus business Survival rate Body mass index Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Diseases of the Esophagus. 25:614-622 |
| ISSN: | 1120-8694 |
| Popis: | High body mass index (H-BMI; ≥25 kg/m(2) ) is common in US adults. In a small cohort of esophageal cancer (EC) patients treated with surgery, H-BMI and diagnosis of early stage EC appeared associated. We evaluated a much larger cohort of EC patients. From a prospectively maintained database, we analyzed 925 EC patients who had surgery with or without adjunctive therapy. Various statistical methods were used. Among 925 patients, 69% had H-BMI, and 31% had normal body mass index ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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