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Combination of body mass index and albumin predicts the survival in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients treated with abiraterone: A post hoc analysis of two randomized trials.

Jian PanJun WangYu WeiTingwei ZhangSheng ZhangDing-Wei YeYao Zhu
Published in: Cancer medicine (2021)
Our results demonstrate that the combination of BMI and ALB better characterizes the risk groups irrespective of previous chemotherapy. Patients with high BMI but low ALB have higher risk of death than patients with low BMI but high ALB.
Keyphrases
  • body mass index
  • weight gain
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • small cell lung cancer
  • locally advanced
  • rectal cancer