Body mass index and survival among patients with advanced biliary tract cancer: a single-institutional study with nationwide data-based validation.

Shinya TakaokaTsuyoshi HamadaNaminatsu TakaharaRintaro FukudaRyunosuke HakutaKazunaga IshigakiSachiko KanaiKohei KuriharaHiroki MatsuiNobuaki MichihataHiroto NishioKensaku NoguchiHiroki OyamaTomotaka SaitoTatsuya SatoTatsunori SuzukiYukari SuzukiShuichi TangeKiyohide FushimiYousuke NakaiHideo YasunagaMitsuhiro Fujishiro

Published in: Journal of gastroenterology (2024)

BMI was not associated with survival outcomes of patients with advanced biliary tract cancer. Further research is warranted incorporating more detailed body composition metrics to explore the prognostic role of adiposity in biliary tract cancer.

Keyphrases

body composition
papillary thyroid
squamous cell
body mass index
machine learning
electronic health record
lymph node metastasis
insulin resistance
childhood cancer
young adults
weight gain
postmenopausal women
artificial intelligence
deep learning