Prognostic Impact of Body Mass Index Stratified by Smoking Status in Patients With Esophageal Adenocarcinoma | Zendy

Harry H. Yoon | Zendy; Mark A. Lewis | Zendy; Qian Shi | Zendy; Maliha Khan | Zendy; Stephen D. Cassivi | Zendy; Robert B. Diasio | Zendy; Frank A. Sinicrope | Zendy

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Prognostic Impact of Body Mass Index Stratified by Smoking Status in Patients With Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Author(s) -

Harry H. Yoon,

Mark A. Lewis,

Qian Shi,

Maliha Khan,

Stephen D. Cassivi,

Robert B. Diasio,

Frank A. Sinicrope

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of clinical oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 10.482

H-Index - 548

eISSN - 1527-7755

pISSN - 0732-183X

DOI - 10.1200/jco.2011.37.1260

Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , overweight , obesity , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , esophagectomy , obesity paradox , multivariate analysis , adenocarcinoma , univariate analysis , gastroenterology , esophageal cancer , cancer , confidence interval

Given that smoking affects body mass index (BMI) and survival, stratification by smoking status may be required to determine the true prognostic impact of BMI. Although obesity increases risk for developing esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), the prognostic influence of obesity and its potential modification by smoking status is unknown in this disease.

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