Early postoperative weight loss is associated with poor prognosis in patients with esophageal cancer.

Kei YamamotoKoji TanakaMakoto YamasakiKotaro YamashitaTomoki MakinoTakuro SaitoKazuyoshi YamamotoTsuyoshi TakahashiYukinori KurokawaKiyokazu NakajimaHidetoshi EguchiYuichiro Doki

Published in: Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society (2022)

Early PWL would be a useful marker of poor cancer prognosis in EC patients. Highly inflammatory conditions due to surgical invasion and postoperative complications may contribute to early PWL.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
weight loss
end stage renal disease
long non coding rna
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
patients undergoing
bariatric surgery
oxidative stress
papillary thyroid
squamous cell carcinoma
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
gastric bypass