ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal oncology2021
Low body mass index is an independent predictor of poor long-term prognosis among patients with resectable gastric cancer.
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- Risk prediction models for malnutrition in patients with cancer: a systematic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
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- Body mass index, weight change, and cancer prognosis: a meta-analysis and systematic review of 73 cohort studies.ESMO open · 2024Pooled it
- Prognostic and Predictive Significance of Body Mass Index in Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Regional lymph node metastasis as a risk factor for recurrence in Borrmann type II gastric cancer: particular significance of the no. 7 lymph node.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Safety and feasibility of laparoscopic stomach-partitioning gastrojejunostomy combined with neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by minimally invasive gastrectomy for resectable gastric cancer with gastric outlet obstruction.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Multiomics insights into BMI-related intratumoral microbiota in gastric cancer.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Sex disparity, prediagnosis lifestyle factors, and long-term survival of gastric cancer: a multi-center cohort study from China.BMC cancer · 2024Article
- Gastric cancer clinical characteristics and their altered trends in South China: An epidemiological study with 2,800 cases spanning 26 years.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Body Mass Index and Prognosis of Patients With Stage II/III Gastric Cancer After Curative Gastrectomy: Completion of Perioperative Adjuvant Chemotherapy May Be a Confounding Factor.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe association between body mass index (BMI) and clinical outcomes remains unclear among patients with resectable gastric cancer.
aimTo investigate the relationship between BMI and long-term survival of gastric cancer patients.
methodsThis retrospective study included 2526 patients who underwent radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer between September 2013 and June 2018. The patients were divided into four groups: Group A (low BMI, < 18.5 kg/m
resultsPreoperative weight loss was more common in the low-BMI group, while diabetes was more common in the obese group. Upper-third gastric cancer accounted for a large proportion of cases in the higher BMI groups. Major perioperative complications tended to increase with BMI. The 5-year overall survival rates were 66.4% for group A, 75.0% for group B, 77.1% for group C, and 78.6% for group D. The 5-year overall survival rate was significantly lower in group A than in group C (
conclusionLow BMI, but not high BMI, independently predicted poor survival in patients with resectable gastric cancer.
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