Obesity is associated with an improved cancer-specific survival, but an increased rate of postoperative complications after surgery for renal cell carcinoma.
Ase J RogdeGigja GudbrandsdottirKarin M HjelleKristoffer E SandLeif BostadChristian BeislandPublished in: Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology (2012)
In this material, increasing BMI was associated with improved CSS for presumed radically treated patients. However, obese patients had a higher total rate of postoperative complications.
Keyphrases
- obese patients
- bariatric surgery
- renal cell carcinoma
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- weight loss
- chronic kidney disease
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- body mass index
- roux en y gastric bypass
- gastric bypass
- type diabetes
- weight gain
- squamous cell carcinoma
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- patient reported
- childhood cancer