ReviewCancer research2018
The Importance of Body Composition in Explaining the Overweight Paradox in Cancer-Counterpoint.
Review in Cancer research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 143 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
143 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Sarcopenia in Gynecologic Oncology: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Pooled it
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- Effects of exercise on immune cells with tumor-specific activity in breast cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Pooled it
- Adiposity and cancer survival: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2022Pooled it
- The underexplored links between cancer and the internal body climate: Implications for cancer prevention and treatment.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- The prognostic and predictive effect of body mass index in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2023Trial
- Prognostic impact of obesity in newly-diagnosed glioblastoma: a secondary analysis of CeTeG/NOA-09 and GLARIUS.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2022Trial
- Implication of body mass index (BMI) on the biological and clinical effects of endocrine therapy plus abemaciclib as neoadjuvant therapy for early breast cancer patients.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2022Trial
- Clinical Implications of Body Mass Index in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Abemaciclib and Endocrine Therapy.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2021Trial
- CT-based assessment of body composition following neoadjuvant chemohormonal therapy in patients with castration-naïve oligometastatic prostate cancer.The Prostate · 2021Trial
- Short-term effects of a Paleolithic lifestyle intervention in breast cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy: a pilot and feasibility study.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2020Trial
- Transcriptome Profiling of Adipose Tissue Reveals Depot-Specific Metabolic Alterations Among Patients with Colorectal Cancer.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2019Trial
- Overweight BMI compromises survival and correlates with aggressive phenotypes in early-onset but not late-onset rectal cancer patients.The oncologist · 2026Article
- Metabolic predictors of response to immunotherapy in locally advanced or metastatic esophageal cancer: unveiling the obesity paradox.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Low muscle mass, obesity, and cause-specific mortality in cancer patients: a nationwide cohort study.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Article
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- Prognostic value of automated computed tomography body composition in hepatocellular carcinoma: a volumetric versus single-slice comparison.Journal of liver cancer · 2026Article
- Beyond weight: a stigma-free, integrated approach to obesity in patients affected by cancer.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- Prognostic value of CT-derived body composition phenotypes for patients undergoing resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: a multicenter study.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Body Composition and Melanoma Outcomes in Patients on Immunotherapy or Targeted Therapy: An Analysis from Canadian Melanoma Research Network.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Despite a greater risk of cancer associated with higher BMI, overweight (BMI 25-<30 kg/m
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