ArticleBritish journal of cancer2018
Anthropometric measurements and survival after a prostate cancer diagnosis.
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- Adiposity and cancer survival: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2022Pooled it
- Associations of fat and muscle mass with overall survival in men with prostate cancer: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Association of Obesity With Survival Outcomes in Patients With Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2021Pooled it
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- Adiposity assessed close to diagnosis and prostate cancer prognosis in the EPIC study.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2024Article
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- Post-Diagnostic Dietary and Lifestyle Factors and Prostate Cancer Recurrence, Progression, and Mortality.Current oncology reports · 2021Review
- Diagnosis of Waist Muscle Injury after Exercise Based on High-Frequency Ultrasound Image.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2021Article
- Postdiagnosis Body Mass Index, Weight Change, and Mortality From Prostate Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and All Causes Among Survivors of Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2020Article
- Association of Body Composition With Survival and Treatment Efficacy in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2020Article
- The Obesity Paradox in Cancer: Epidemiologic Insights and Perspectives.Current nutrition reports · 2019Review
- Reply to 'Comment on 'Anthropometric measurements and survival after prostate cancer diagnosis".British journal of cancer · 2018Article
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backgroundEvidence regarding the role of anthropometrics in prostate cancer survival is inconsistent. We examined the associations between anthropometric measures and survival outcomes.
methodsMen diagnosed with prostate cancer (n=987) were recruited into a population-based case-control study between 1997 and 2000 then a prospective cohort study between 2000 and 2002 where anthropometric measurements (weight, height, body mass index, waist circumference, waist-hip ratio) were taken and participants were followed up to 19 years for survival outcomes. Cox proportional hazards were used to examine these associations.
resultsSurvival analyses suggested no clear pattern of associations between post-diagnosis anthropometric measurements and all-cause mortality, prostate-specific mortality, first recurrence/progression or new primary cancer.
conclusionsWe did not find a significant trend relating anthropometrics to survival outcomes after prostate cancer diagnosis. Continued assessment of objective measurements of body composition over the life-course is warranted to determine true associations between anthropometrics and survival after prostate cancer.
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