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JAMA and Archives Journals
Obesity associated with worse outcomes after pancreatic cancer surgery
March 30th, 2009
Obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 35 appear more likely to have cancer that has spread to their lymph nodes, lower rates of survival and higher rates of recurrence following surgery for pancreatic cancer, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Obesity rates have dramatically increased in the United States over the past 20 years, according to background information in the article. "In many obesity-related diseases and malignant neoplasms [cancerous tumors], an increased prevalence of pancreatic cancer has been reported in numerous epidemiologic and cohort studies focusing on obese...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2009-03-30)
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