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SUBMITTER: Rajandram R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6559935 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rajandram Retnagowri R Perumal Komathi K Yap Ning Yi NY
Translational andrology and urology 20190501 Suppl 2
Obesity is a recognized risk factor for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) the commonest form of kidney cancer. Both obesity and RCC are serious diseases with increasing incidence yearly. This review examined certain obesity associated measurements and adipokines as detection/prognostic indicators for RCC. The obesity related measurements such as body mass index (BMI), waist circumstance (WC), waist-hip ratio (WHR) in predicting RCC are valid when used in conjunction with other risk factors such as age ...[more]