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Association of visceral adipose tissue with postoperative outcome in upper gastrointestinal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ryota MatsuiJun WatanabeMasahiro BannoNoriyuki InakiTetsu Fukunaga
Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition (2022)
High visceral fat may be associated with improved OS after radical resection in patients with upper GI cancer. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings and mitigate the risk.
Keyphrases
  • adipose tissue
  • papillary thyroid
  • insulin resistance
  • squamous cell
  • lymph node metastasis
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • type diabetes
  • childhood cancer
  • breast cancer risk