ArticleCancers2021
The Reality of Lung Cancer Paradox: The Impact of Body Mass Index on Long-Term Survival of Resected Lung Cancer. A French Nationwide Analysis from the Epithor Database.
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- Impact of anesthetic factors on prognosis of patients with non-small cell lung cancer after surgery.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Article
- Obesity and lung cancer-a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Review
- Prognostic score and sex-specific nomograms to predict survival in resectable lung cancer: A French nationwide study from the Epithor cohort database.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2023Article
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Abstract
Obesity could have a protective effect in patients with lung cancer. We assessed the prognostic role of preoperative BMI on survival in patients who underwent lung resection for NSCLC. A total of 54,631 consecutive patients with resectable lung cancer within a 15-year period were extracted from Epithor (the French Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery database). Patient subgroups were defined according to body mass index (BMI): underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m
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