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A Combined Effect of Expression Levels of Obesity-Related Genes and Clinical Factors on Cancer Survival Rate.
Biomed Res Int
May 2021
Department of Bioinformatics, School of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China.
Obesity is directly associated with the risk of cancer in different organs, including breast, colon, and kidney. However, adipocytes could be utilized to control progression for some types of cancer, such as leukemia and breast cancer. To explore the potential correlation between adipocytes and cancer, the combined effect of expression levels of obesity-related genes and clinical factors (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImpact of sex, body mass index and initial pathologic diagnosis age on the incidence and prognosis of different types of cancer.
Oncol Rep
September 2018
Reproductive Medical Center, Jinling Hospital Affiliated to The Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, P.R. China.
Cancer represents a significant challenge for humankind, as early diagnosis and treatment are difficult to achieve. To systemically investigate the effect of sex, body mass index (BMI) and age on cancer incidence and prognosis, the data from 14,504 cases of cancer were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). BMI was used to categorize each person as underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese.
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