Beyond Body Mass Index in Colorectal Cancer: Body Composition, Metabolic Phenotypes, and Precision Risk Stratification

Authors

  • Shady Abdel-Rahman Ibrahim Assaf , Fouad M. Abutaleb , Amal A. Zidan , Amrallah A. Mohammed , Asmaa A. Mahmoud Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48047/z5qazz45

Keywords:

Colorectal cancer, Body composition, Sarcopenia, Visceral adiposity, Obesity paradox

Abstract

Background: Body mass index (BMI) is the most widely used measure of adiposity in oncology, yet it cannot distinguish visceral 
fat from subcutaneous fat, skeletal muscle from adipose tissue, or stable obesity from cancer-associated weight loss. These limitations are clinically important in colorectal cancer

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Published

2024-11-20

Issue

Vol. 53 No. 03 (2024): Year 2024, Volume 53, Issue 3

Section

Original

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Beyond Body Mass Index in Colorectal Cancer: Body Composition, Metabolic Phenotypes, and Precision Risk Stratification (Shady Abdel-Rahman Ibrahim Assaf , Fouad M. Abutaleb , Amal A. Zidan , Amrallah A. Mohammed , Asmaa A. Mahmoud , Trans.). (2024). Cuestiones De Fisioterapia, 53(03), 8584-8592. https://doi.org/10.48047/z5qazz45