Weight Loss as an Untapped Early Detection Marker in Pancreatic and Periampullary Cancer.
Jonathan J HueKavin SugumarRavi K KyasaramJohn ShanahanJoshua LyonsLee M OcuinLuke D RothermelJeffrey M HardacreJohn B AmmoriGoutham RaoJordan M WinterSarah C MarktPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2021)
Diagnosis of PDAC is preceded by unintentional weight loss in the majority of patients, even at an early stage. Greater prediagnosis weight loss severity is also associated with poor postoperative survival.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- early stage
- roux en y gastric bypass
- gastric bypass
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- patients undergoing
- papillary thyroid
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- obese patients
- type diabetes
- squamous cell carcinoma
- weight gain
- squamous cell
- young adults
- free survival
- adipose tissue
- lymph node metastasis
- radiation therapy
- patient reported outcomes
- rectal cancer
- patient reported
- childhood cancer