The Reality of Lung Cancer Paradox: The Impact of Body Mass Index on Long-Term Survival of Resected Lung Cancer. A French Nationwide Analysis from the Epithor Database

Obesity could have a protective effect in patients with lung cancer. We assessed the prognostic role of preoperative BMI on survival in patients who underwent lung resection for NSCLC. A total of 54,631 consecutive patients with resectable lung cancer within a 15-year period were extracted from Epit...

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Main Authors: Marco Alifano, Elisa Daffré, Antonio Iannelli, Laurent Brouchet, Pierre Emmanuel Falcoz, Françoise Le Pimpec Barthes, Alain Bernard, Pierre Benoit Pages, Pascal Alexandre Thomas, Marcel Dahan, Raphael Porcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
BMI
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/18/4574