Obesity is a risk factor for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression associated with alterations of metabolic activity and immune status

Abstract Body mass index (BMI) is well known to be associated with poor prognosis in several cancers. The relationship between BMI and the long-term outcomes of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is incompletely understood. This study investigated the relationships of BMI with clini...

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Main Authors: Kyohei Yugawa, Shinji Itoh, Norifumi Iseda, Takeshi Kurihara, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Takeo Toshima, Noboru Harada, Kenichi Kohashi, Shingo Baba, Kousei Ishigami, Yoshinao Oda, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Masaki Mori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85186-6

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