ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2015
Visceral Obesity Predicts Fewer Lymph Node Metastases and Better Overall Survival in Colon Cancer.
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- Relationship between visceral obesity and prognosis in patients with stage IVB cervical cancer receiving radiotherapy and chemotherapy.Cancer pathogenesis and therapy · 2024Article
- Visceral Obesity and a High Glasgow Prognostic Score Are Key Prognostic Factors for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Treated with First Line Chemotherapy.Journal of the anus, rectum and colon · 2024Article
- Sarcobesity, but not visceral fat, is an independent risk factor for complications after radical resection of colorectal cancer.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Association of Prediagnosis Obesity and Postdiagnosis Aspirin With Survival From Stage IV Colorectal Cancer.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Impact of Preoperative Visceral Fat Area Measured by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis on Clinical and Oncologic Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Impact of Visceral Fat on Survival and Metastasis of Stage III Colorectal Cancer.Gut and liver · 2022Article
- The Association Between Visceral Obesity and Postoperative Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Colorectal Cancer.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
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- Influence of Postoperative Changes in Sarcopenia on Long-Term Survival in Non-Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients.Cancers · 2021Article
- Clear cell renal cell carcinoma: the value of sex-specific abdominal visceral fat measured on CT for prediction of Fuhrman nuclear grade.European radiology · 2020Article
- Severe loss of visceral fat and skeletal muscle after chemotherapy predicts poor prognosis in metastatic gastric cancer patients without gastrectomy.Journal of Cancer · 2020Article
- Glycosylated Hemoglobin A1c Is Associated with Anthropometric Measurements and Tumor Characteristics in Breast Cancer Patients.International journal of women's health · 2020Article
- Is visceral obesity associated with colorectal cancer? The first volumetric study using all CT slices.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2019Article
- Clinical stages of colorectal cancer diagnosed in obese and overweight individuals in the Polish Colonoscopy Screening Program.United European gastroenterology journal · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe relationship between visceral obesity and colon cancer outcome has not been well studied. The goal of this study was to determine the impact of visceral obesity on lymph node (LN) metastasis and overall survival (OS) in colon cancer. MATERIALS AND
methodsMetastatic LN ratio (MLR) was defined as the number of involved nodes by tumor divided by the total number of resected LNs. Visceral (VFA) and subcutaneous fat areas (SFA) were determined by measuring abdominal fat volume distribution via CT scan, and visceral obesity was defined as a VFA to total fat area ratio (V/T) > 0.29.
resultsIn a multivariate analysis among 186 patients, there were inverse associations between V/T and MLR (OR = 0.413, 95% CI = 0.216-0.789, P = 0.007). Furthermore, patients with visceral obesity tended to have significantly better OS than patients with non-visceral obesity.
conclusionsHigher V/T ratios which indicate referring to visceral obesity was significantly associated with decreased MLR and better OS for CRC.
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