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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal cancer2019

Diabetes, Obesity, and the Metabolic Syndrome as Prognostic Factors in Stages I to III Colorectal Cancer Patients.

Brianna Croft, Melissa Reed, Caitlyn Patrick, Natalie Kovacevich, Ioannis A Voutsadakis

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brianna CroftClinical Trials Unit, Sault Area Hospital, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Melissa ReedClinical Trials Unit, Sault Area Hospital, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Caitlyn PatrickClinical Trials Unit, Sault Area Hospital, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Natalie KovacevichClinical Trials Unit, Sault Area Hospital, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Ioannis A VoutsadakisAlgoma District Cancer Program, Sault Area Hospital, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, P6B 0A8, Canada. ivoutsadakis@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9301-5951
Sault Area Hospital · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAttempts to introduce prognostic factors for survival outcomes in localized colorectal cancer patients receiving surgical treatment with or without adjuvant therapies, beyond the classic staging parameters, have been met with limited success. Obesity and diabetes mellitus are among the conditions that predispose to colorectal cancer but their value as prognostic markers once the disease is diagnosed is controversial. PATIENTS AND

methodsThis study examines the prognostic value of the components of metabolic syndrome in a retrospective series of colorectal cancer patients with stages I to III disease followed in a single center.

resultsAmong the four components of the metabolic syndrome, only diabetes was independently associated with progression-free survival (PFS) while obesity, hypertension, and dyslipidemia were not. No associations of the metabolic syndrome (MS) or its components with overall survival (OS) were observed in multivariate analysis.

conclusionThese data pinpoint to diabetes mellitus (DM) as a possible prognostic factor for PFS in localized colorectal cancer and further cast doubt for the value of obesity as measured by body mass index (BMI) on local stage colorectal cancer prognosis.

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