ArticleJournal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle2022
The Obesity Paradox in Cancer: Is Bigger Better?
Article in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Body mass index and cancer survival: a meta-analysis of cohort studies.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025Pooled it
- The prognostic impact of pre-treatment cachexia in resectional surgery for oesophagogastric cancer: a meta-analysis and meta-regression.The British journal of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Novel Long-Acting Ghrelin Analogue PEP-064 Restores Energy Balance in C26 and Lewis Lung Carcinoma-Induced cachexia in Mice.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2026Article
- Association of Underweight, Sarcopenia, and Cancer Cachexia with Survival Outcomes in Hypopharyngeal Cancer Radiotherapy.Cancers · 2026Article
- Clusters of Anthropometric Features in Colorectal Cancer Patients with Synchronous Metastases and Their Association with Overall Survival and RAS Mutation.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2026Article
- Visceral adiposity rather than BMI predicts overall survival after curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort study with age-stratified analyses.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Use of membrane lipidome, body weight, and composition in stratification of early breast cancer patients.NPJ breast cancer · 2025Article
- The obesity paradox in cognitive decline: Impact of BMI dynamics and APOE genotypes across various cognitive status.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2025Article
- Effects of sex and obesity on immune checkpoint inhibition-related cardiac systolic dysfunction in aged mice.Basic research in cardiology · 2025Article
- Comparison Between Single- and Multi-slice Computed Tomography Body Composition Analysis in Patients With Oesophagogastric Cancer.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Article
- Prognostic impact of body composition and immune-nutritional status in oligometastatic NSCLC patients receiving radiotherapy.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of systemic inflammation with the obesity paradox in cancer: results from multi-cohort studies.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2024Article
- Obesity worsens mitochondrial quality control and does not protect against skeletal muscle wasting in murine cancer cachexia.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2024Article
- Association of body mass index with clinical outcome of primary WHO grade 4 glioma.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- The association between the triglyceride-glucose index and prognosis in postoperative renal cell carcinoma patients: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Prognostic value of the triglyceride-glucose index in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a retrospective study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Obesity paradox in patients with non-small cell lung cancer undergoing immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2023Article
- Obesity promotes lipid accumulation in lymph node metastasis of gastric cancer: a retrospective case‒control study.Lipids in health and disease · 2022Article
- Lipid Droplets in Lung Cancers Are Crucial for the Cell Growth and Starvation Survival.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- The Obesity Paradox in Cancer: Is Bigger Better?Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2022Article
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