Prognostic impact of body mass index and effect of overweight and obesity on surgical and adjuvant treatment in early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 345-351

  Skirnisdottir I ^a   Sorbe, B ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Early stages; Ovarian carcinoma; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; MELPHALAN; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BODY MASS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBESITY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVERWEIGHT; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40549124375     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.01013.x     Document Type: Article

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