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Decreased body mass index is associated with impaired survival in lung cancer patients with brain metastases: A retrospective analysis of 624 patients
- Source :
- European Journal of Cancer Care. 26:e12707
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2017.
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Abstract
- Body mass index (BMI) is a prognostic factor in several cancer types. We investigated the prognostic role of BMI in a large patient cohort with newly diagnosed lung cancer brain metastases (BM) between 1990 and 2013. BMI at diagnosis of BM and graded prognostic assessment (GPA) were calculated. Definitions were underweight (BMI
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Lung Neoplasms
Palliative care
Comorbidity
Overweight
Gastroenterology
Body Mass Index
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Thinness
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Cumulative incidence
030212 general & internal medicine
Lung cancer
Survival rate
Aged
Proportional Hazards Models
Retrospective Studies
Aged, 80 and over
Brain Neoplasms
business.industry
nutritional and metabolic diseases
Cancer
Middle Aged
Prognosis
medicine.disease
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Surgery
Survival Rate
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Multivariate Analysis
Female
medicine.symptom
Underweight
business
Body mass index
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09615423
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Journal of Cancer Care
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a60ac85c5a545081c3a1d676ba017d81
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12707