Colorectal cancer and obesity
- Conditions
- Diseases of the digestive system
- Registration Number
- KCT0000935
- Lead Sponsor
- Konkuk University Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 250
Colorectal cancer patients who underwent MSI analysis and PET CT scan at our center
Subjects who underwent CT analysis for the measurement of abdominal obesity
Korean adult population
- unintended progressive body weight loss within recent 6 months
- co-existing disease(s) that might lead to cachexia
- genetic disease such as familial adenomatous polyposis or Lynch’s syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer)
- neoadjuvant chemo- or radiotherapy was performed before the operation
- CRC was resected endoscopically
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Abdominal visceral fat volume;Body mass index
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Abdominal subcutaneous fat volume