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ArticleCancer biology & medicine2015

Prognostic value of body mass index before treatment for laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Zhao-Qu Li, Lan Zou, Tian-Run Liu, An-Kui Yang

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Article in Cancer biology & medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Prognostic factors in patients with T1 glottic cancer treated with radiotherapy.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhao-Qu Li1 Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China ; 2 Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China ; 3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Lan Zou1 Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China ; 2 Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China ; 3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Tian-Run Liu1 Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China ; 2 Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China ; 3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
An-Kui Yang1 Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China ; 2 Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China ; 3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Sun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePatients with head and neck cancer often suffer from malnutrition. This study aims to investigate the influence of body mass index (BMI) on the prognosis of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC).

methodsA total of 473 patients with LSCC initially treated at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center between January 2005 and July 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. Survival analysis was performed by the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression model.

resultsLow BMI before treatment was significantly associated with poor overall survival in patients with LSCC (P<0.001). BMI was an independent prognostic factor for patients with LSCC.

conclusionLeanness before treatment was associated with poor prognosis in patients with LSCC. Good nutritional status is favorable to improve survival in patients with LSCC.

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body mass index (BMI)laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC)nutritionPrognosis

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