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ArticleMolecular and clinical oncology2018

Impact of body mass index on clinicopathological outcomes in patients with renal cell carcinoma without anorexia-cachexia syndrome.

Daisuke Watanabe, Akio Horiguchi, Shinsuke Tasaki, Kenji Kuroda, Akinori Sato, Junichi Asakuma, Keiichi Ito, Tomohiko Asano

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Article in Molecular and clinical oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Sarcopenia predicts prognosis of patients with renal cell carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daisuke WatanabeDepartment of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa 359-8513, Japan.
Akio HoriguchiDepartment of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa 359-8513, Japan.
Shinsuke TasakiDepartment of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa 359-8513, Japan.
Kenji KurodaDepartment of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa 359-8513, Japan.
Akinori SatoDepartment of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa 359-8513, Japan.
Junichi AsakumaDepartment of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa 359-8513, Japan.
Keiichi ItoDepartment of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa 359-8513, Japan.
Tomohiko AsanoDepartment of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa 359-8513, Japan.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although obesity defined by a high body mass index (BMI) is generally associated with increased risk of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), low BMI has paradoxically been associated with increased tumor aggressiveness and poor prognosis. As anorexia-cachexia syndrome (ACS) is associated with decreased BMI and is frequently observed in patients with advanced RCC, the present study investigated the association of BMI with tumor aggressiveness and prognosis in RCC in relation to ACS. The association of BMI with clinicopathological parameters was analyzed in 503 consecutive patients who underwent surgery for RCC. Kaplan-Meier curves and rates of overall survival (OS) stratified by BMI were also compared in relation to the presence or absence of ACS, defined as the presence of anorexia or malaise, and/or weight loss and/or hypoalbuminemia. Low BMI was significantly associated with high-grade tumors (P=0.0027) and the presence of distant metastasis (P=0.0025), and patients with a lower BMI had significantly shorter OS than those with a higher BMI (P=0.0441). Patients with ACS had a significantly lower BMI (mean, 21.5 kg/m

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anorexiabody mass indexcachexiaobesityoverall survivalrenal cell carcinoma

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PMID29387396
PMCPMC5769307
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