Multicentre study of the prognostic impact of preoperative bodyweight on long-term prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.

CONCLUSION: Underweight and overweight patients appear to have a worse prognosis than those of normal weight following liver resection for HCC.
PMID: 30199100 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The British Journal of Surgery - September 10, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Yu JJ, Shen F, Chen TH, Liang L, Han J, Xing H, Zhou YH, Wang H, Gu WM, Lau WY, Yang T Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research