Abstract:Multiple studies confirm the impact of obesity on high incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC). There is a common perception that adiposity and related metabolic dysfunctions result in worse prognosis and decreased survival among patients with a CRC diagnosis. Several epidemiologic studies confirm this observation, however the results are not always consistent, probably due to different techniques used for evaluating the degree of adiposity. Many authors suggest that the most adequate method for assessing this pa… Show more
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