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Springer Verlag, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2(17), p. 218-227

DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-2023-2

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Overweight Patients Operated on for Cancer of the Esophagus Survive Longer than Normal-Weight Patients

Journal article published in 2012 by Marco Scarpa, Matteo Cagol, Silvia Bettini, Rita Alfieri, Amedeo Carraro, Francesco Cavallin, Elisabetta Trevellin ORCID, Saadeh Lm, Luca M. Saadeh, Alberto Ruol, Roberto Vettor ORCID, Ermanno Ancona, Carlo Castoro
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Abstract

Background Esophageal adenocarcinoma is often associated with obesity, and a 5 Kg m−2 increase in body mass index (BMI) has, in fact, been found to be strongly associated with the risk of this type of cancer (RR, 1.52; p 30), 121 were classified as overweight (BMI, 25–29.9), 81 were classified as normal weight (BMI