Effect of premorbid body mass index on mortality in patients with lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Arjun Gupta,Kaustav Majumder,Nivedita Arora,Helen G. Mayo,Preet Paul Singh,Siddharth Singh,Ethan A. Halm,David H. Johnson

Effect of premorbid body mass index on mortality in patients with lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

2016

Arjun Gupta
Kaustav Majumder
Nivedita Arora
Helen G. Mayo
Preet Paul Singh
Siddharth Singh
Ethan A. Halm
David H. Johnson

8523Background: Obesity is associated with reduced risk of developing lung cancer (LC), but its effect on LC mortality remains unclear. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess ...

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Pathology
Physical therapy
Body mass index
Lung cancer
Medicine
reduced risk
Meta-analysis
in patient
Oncology
Obesity
Internal medicine

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