title: Body mass index and major cancer surgery outcomes: lack of association or need for alternative measurements of obesity?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota and Minneapolis VAMC, Minneapolis, MN, USA. alref003@umn.edu
authors.forename: Waddah B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Al-Refaie
authors.forename: Helen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Eric H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Todd M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Tuttle
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Rothenberger
authors.forename: Todd A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Kellogg
authors.forename: Beth A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Virnig
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult