Overweight or Obesity is an Unfavorable Long-Term Prognostic Factor for Patients who Underwent Gastrectomy for Stage II/III Gastric Cancer

Background Obesity has been reported to be a prognostic factor for many diseases in epidemiological studies; however, the results of studies examining the relationship between obesity and gastric cancer (GC) prognosis are inconsistent. Methods A total of 460 patients with Stage II and III GC who und...

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Veröffentlicht in:World journal of surgery 2019-07, Vol.43 (7), p.1766-1776
Hauptverfasser: Kambara, Yuichi, Yuasa, Norihiro, Takeuchi, Eiji, Miyake, Hideo, Nagai, Hidemasa, Yoshioka, Yuichiro, Okuno, Masataka, Miyata, Kanji
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Zusammenfassung:Background Obesity has been reported to be a prognostic factor for many diseases in epidemiological studies; however, the results of studies examining the relationship between obesity and gastric cancer (GC) prognosis are inconsistent. Methods A total of 460 patients with Stage II and III GC who underwent open R0 gastrectomy were included. Age, sex, body mass index (BMI classified into 
ISSN:0364-2313
1432-2323
DOI:10.1007/s00268-019-04969-1