Prediagnostic Body Mass Index and Pancreatic Cancer Survival

2013139 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Chen Yuan · Shaanxi Research Association for Women and Family

Ying Bao · Shaanxi Research Association for Women and Family

Chen Wu · Shaanxi Research Association for Women and Family

Peter Kraft · Shaanxi Research Association for Women and Family

Shuji Ogino · Shaanxi Research Association for Women and Family

Kimmie Ng · Shaanxi Research Association for Women and Family

Abstract

Higher prediagnostic BMI was associated with statistically significantly decreased survival among patients with pancreatic cancer from two large prospective cohorts.

Topics & Keywords

Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volume 31, Issue 33, pp. 4229-4234

DOI: 10.1200/jco.2013.51.7532

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