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Category |
Oncology |
Manuscript Type |
Retrospective Study |
Article Title |
Body mass index does not affect the survival of pancreatic cancer patients
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Manuscript Source |
Unsolicited Manuscript |
All Author List |
Qing-Long Jiang, Cheng-Feng Wang, Yan-Tao Tian, Huang Huang, Shui-Sheng Zhang, Dong-Bing Zhao, Jie Ma, Wei Yuan, Yue-Min Sun, Xu Che, Jian-Wei Zhang, Yun-Mian Chu, Ya-Wei Zhang and Ying-Tai Chen |
Funding Agency and Grant Number |
Funding Agency |
Grant Number |
National Natural Science Foundation of China |
81401947 |
Beijing Nova Program |
xxjh2015A090 |
Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences |
LC2015L11 |
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Corresponding Author |
Ying-Tai Chen, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, China National Cancer Center, 17 Panjiayuan Nanli, Beijing 100021, China. yingtai.chen@yale.edu |
Key Words |
Body mass index; Pancreatic cancer; Overweight; smoking history; Survival analysis |
Core Tip |
It remains controversial whether body mass index (BMI) influences the prognosis of pancreatic cancer. The strengths of this study included a large quantity of patients and the accurate BMI categorization according the Asian criterion. To the best of our knowledge, it is the largest study in Asia to evaluate the prognostic role of BMI on the overall survival of pancreatic cancer patients. Our results showed no significant influence of BMI on the overall survival of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients and are consistent with those of many other studies. |
Publish Date |
2017-09-14 03:13 |
Citation |
Jiang QL, Wang CF, Tian YT, Huang H, Zhang SS, Zhao DB, Ma J, Yuan W, Sun YM, Che X, Zhang JW, Chu YM, Zhang YW, Chen YT. Body mass index does not affect the survival of pancreatic cancer patients. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(34): 6287-6293 |
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http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v23/i34/6287.htm |
DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i34.6287 |