Correlation between body mass index (BMI) and the Gleason score of prostate biopsies in Chinese population
Open Access
- 20 August 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Impact Journals, LLC in Oncotarget
- Vol. 7 (39) , 63338-63341
Abstract
// <![CDATA[ $('.header-date').hide();$('#titleAuthors').hide();$('#abstractHeader').hide(); // ]]> Zhou Feng1, *, Chen Xi2, *, Pu Jinxian1, Ouyang Jun1, Li Gang1, Ping Jigen1, Lu Yong1, Yong Han3, Hou Jianquan1 1Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China 2VIP center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China 3Department of Pathology, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China *These authors contributed equally to this work Correspondence to: Han Yong, email: onlune@126.com Hou Jianquan, email: 18261006500@163.com Keywords: prostate cancer, Gleason score, BMI Received: May 14, 2016 Accepted: August 11, 2016 Published: August 20, 2016Keywords
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