Overweight patients operated on for cancer of the esophagus survive longer than normal-weight patients.

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Published in J Gastrointest Surg on September 13, 2012

Authors

Marco Scarpa1, Matteo Cagol, Silvia Bettini, Rita Alfieri, Amedeo Carraro, Francesco Cavallin, Elisabetta Trevellin, Luca M Saadeh, Alberto Ruol, Roberto Vettor, Ermanno Ancona, Carlo Castoro

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Oncological Surgery, Veneto Oncological Institute (IOV-IRCCS), via Gattamelata 64, 35128, Padova, Italy. marcoscarpa73@yahoo.it

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