Significance of fluid retention, body mass index, and weight loss in patients with advanced cancer
Amano K, Maeda I, Ishiki H, Miura T, Hatano Y, Oya K, Sakashita A, Ito S, Hiratsuka Y, Morita T, Mori M. Significance of fluid retention, body mass index, and weight loss in patients with advanced cancer. JCSM Clinical Reports 2020, 5: 69-78. DOI: 10.1002/crt2.23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass index groupsBody mass indexValidity of body mass indexMass indexAdvanced cancerGrading systemNo significant differenceFluid retentionAsian cancer patientsProspective cohort studyPrevalence of pleural effusionWeight lossSurvival rateMultivariate Cox regression analysisPrognostic validityKaplan-Meier methodLog-rank testSignificant differenceCox regression analysisTime-to-event analysisSecondary analysisCohort studyMedian survivalPrognostic significancePleural effusion