1. Overweight and obesity as risk factors for biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy
- Author
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Gil Hyun Kang, Wook Nam, So Won Kim, Hoon Yu, Sung Jin Kim, Min Uk Park, Jong Yeon Park, Han Kyu Chae, and Han Gwun Kim
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Male ,Biochemical recurrence ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Lymphovascular invasion ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Overweight ,Gastroenterology ,Prostate cancer ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Obesity ,Retrospective Studies ,Prostatectomy ,Univariate analysis ,business.industry ,Hazard ratio ,Prostatic Neoplasms ,Hematology ,General Medicine ,Prostate-Specific Antigen ,medicine.disease ,Oncology ,Surgery ,Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Body mass index - Abstract
Previous studies have shown a relationship between the occurrence and recurrence of prostate cancer; however, this relationship remains controversial. We investigated the relationship between obesity and biochemical recurrence in patients with prostate cancer. Clinicopathological factors were analyzed after dividing the patient population according to the Asian population-specific body mass index (BMI) criteria for “normal” (
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- 2021