Influence of the Body Mass Index and its Effect on Tumor Characteristics and Survival among a Population with Access to Surgical Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Teruo Inamoto,Naoto Sassa,Ryohei Hattori,Naokazu Ibuki,Kazumasa Komura,Koichiro Minami,Tomoaki Takai,Taizo Uchimoto,Kenkichi Saito,Naoki Tanda,Takuya Tsujino,Tomoyasu Sano,Masashi Kato,Toyonori Tsuzuki,Momokazu Gotoh,Haruhito Azuma

Influence of the Body Mass Index and its Effect on Tumor Characteristics and Survival among a Population with Access to Surgical Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

2018

Teruo Inamoto
Naoto Sassa
Ryohei Hattori
Naokazu Ibuki
Kazumasa Komura
Koichiro Minami
Tomoaki Takai
Taizo Uchimoto
Kenkichi Saito
Naoki Tanda
Takuya Tsujino
Tomoyasu Sano
Masashi Kato
Toyonori Tsuzuki
Momokazu Gotoh
Haruhito Azuma

Objective To examine the association between the body mass index (BMI) and the risk of survival, and to evaluate whether tumor characteristics differ by BMI in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) managed by surgery.

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Medicine
Urology
Body mass index
Population
Carcinoma
Proportional hazards model
upper tract
Cohort
Lymphovascular invasion
Internal medicine
Concordance
Pathological

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