Impact of Body Composition in Overweight and Obese Patients With Localised Renal Cell Carcinoma

• Published in: In vivo (Athens) Vol. 34; no. 5; pp. 2873 - 2881
• Main Authors: DARBAS, TIFFANY, FORESTIER, GERAUD, LEOBON, SOPHIE, PESTRE, JULIA, JESUS, PIERRE, LACHATRE, DENIS, TUBIANA-MATHIEU, NICOLE, DESCAZEAUD, AURELIEN, DELUCHE, ELISE
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Highlands International Institute of Anticancer Research 01.09.2020; International Institute of Anticancer Research (IIAR)
• Subjects: Blood pressure; Body composition; Body fat; Body mass index; Cancer; Histology; Hospitals; Hypertension; Infections; Length of stay; Life Sciences; Medical imaging; Medical prognosis; Metastasis; Morbidity; Musculoskeletal system; Obesity; Overweight; Patients; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Sarcopenia; Software; Surgery; Renal cell carcinoma; overweight; obesity; skeletal muscle mass; sarcopenia

Background/Aim: To investigate the impact of body composition on morbidity and mortality at the initial diagnosis of localised renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in patients with overweight or obesity. Patients and Methods: Sarcopenia was defined using sex-specific cut-off points and other body composition...