Adiposity and cancer survival: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Cancer causes & control Vol. 33; no. 10; pp. 1219 - 1246
• Main Authors: Cheng, En, Kirley, Jocelyn, Cespedes Feliciano, Elizabeth M., Caan, Bette J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.10.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adipose tissue; Adiposity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Body fat; Breast cancer; Cancer Research; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal carcinoma; Colorectal Neoplasms; Computed tomography; Epidemiology; Head and neck carcinoma; Hematology; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Humans; Kidney cancer; Kidney Neoplasms; Liver cancer; Liver Neoplasms; Lung cancer; Lung carcinoma; Male; Meta-analysis; Mortality; Obesity; Oncology; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic carcinoma; Prostate cancer; Public Health; Review Article; Survival; Systematic review; Waist–hip ratio; Adiposity; Computed tomography; Survival; Body composition; Cancer

Purpose The increasing availability of clinical imaging tests (especially CT and MRI) that directly quantify adipose tissue has led to a rapid increase in studies examining the relationship of visceral, subcutaneous, and overall adiposity to cancer survival. To summarize this emerging body of litera...