A hint for the obesity paradox and the link between obesity, perirenal adipose tissue and Renal Cell Carcinoma progression

Abstract Increasing evidence supports a role for local fat depots in cancer outcomes. Despite the robust positive association of obesity with renal cell carcinoma (RCCa) diagnosis, increased adiposity is inversely related to RCCa oncological outcomes. Here, we sought to ascertain whether imagiologic...

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Main Authors: José Preza-Fernandes, Pedro Passos, Miguel Mendes-Ferreira, Adriana R. Rodrigues, Alexandra Gouveia, Avelino Fraga, Rui Medeiros, Ricardo Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24418-9