Body mass index and prognosis in patients with head and neck cancer.

Ricardo Ribeiro GamaYuyao SongQihuang ZhangM Catherine BrownJennifer WangSteven HabbousLi TongShao Hui HuangBrian O'SullivanJohn WaldronWei XuDavid GoldsteinGeoffrey Liu

Published in: Head & neck (2017)

Being underweight at diagnosis was an independent, adverse prognostic factor, whereas being overweight conferred better prognosis. BMI in early adulthood was not associated strongly with head and neck cancer outcomes. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 39: 1226-1233, 2017.

Keyphrases

early life
prognostic factors
weight gain
body mass index
optic nerve
type diabetes
emergency department
depressive symptoms
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle
optical coherence tomography