Preoperative cholesterol level as a new independent predictive factor of survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with cyto-reductive nephrectomy

Abstract Background The obesity and lipid metabolism were previously proposed to be related with the clinical outcomes of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). We tried to investigate the relationship between preoperative cholesterol level (PCL) and survival outcomes in patients with mRCC. Methods...

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Main Authors: Hakmin Lee, Yong June Kim, Eu Chang Hwang, Seok Ho Kang, Sung-Hoo Hong, Jinsoo Chung, Tae Gyun Kwon, Cheol Kwak, Hyeon Hoe Kim, Jong Jin Oh, Sang Chul Lee, Sung Kyu Hong, Sang Eun Lee, Seok-Soo Byun, KOrean Renal Cell Carcinoma (KORCC) Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3322-5