Obesity adversely affects survival in pancreatic cancer patients

BACKGROUND: Higher body‐mass index (BMI) has been implicated as a risk factor for developing pancreatic cancer, but its effect on survival has not been thoroughly investigated. The authors assessed the association of BMI with survival in a sample of pancreatic cancer patients and used epidemiologic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cancer 2010-11, Vol.116 (21), p.5054-5062
Hauptverfasser:	McWilliams, Robert R., Matsumoto, Martha E., Burch, Patrick A., Kim, George P., Halfdanarson, Thorvardur R., de Andrade, Mariza, Reid‐Lombardo, Kaye, Bamlet, William R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenocarcinoma - complications Adenocarcinoma - mortality Adult Aged Biological and medical sciences Body Mass Index diabetes Diabetes Mellitus Female Humans hyperglycemia Male Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Middle Aged Obesity Obesity - complications pancreatic neoplasms Pancreatic Neoplasms - complications Pancreatic Neoplasms - mortality prognosis Risk Factors Tumors
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