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Value of Visceral Fat Area in the Preoperative Discrimination of Peritoneal Metastasis from Gastric Cancer in Patients with Different Body Mass Index: A Prospective Study
PURPOSE: Although peritoneal metastasis (PM) is associated with poor prognosis in gastric cancer (GC) patients, it is difficult to discriminate preoperatively. Our previous study has demonstrated visceral fat area (VFA) is a better obesity index than body mass index (BMI) in predicting abdominal met...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7395682/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32801890 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S257849 |