Open AccessBody mass index does not affect the survival of pancreatic cancer patients
Author(s) -
Qinglong Jiang,
Chengfeng Wang,
Yantao Tian,
Huang Huang,
Shui-Sheng Zhang,
Dongbing Zhao,
Jie Ma,
Wei Yuan,
Yihong Sun,
Xu Che,
Jianwei Zhang,
Yunmian Chu,
Yawei Zhang,
Yingtai Chen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v23.i34.6287
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , overweight , proportional hazards model , gastroenterology , comorbidity , survival analysis , cancer , weight loss , obesity , retrospective cohort study , pancreatic cancer , cohort
To evaluate the association of body mass index (BMI) with the overall survival of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients.