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• Research Article
  The Prognostic Value of the Metabolic Syndrome in Colon Cancer Patients
  Author(s): Can A, Aslan F, Alacacioglu A, Kucukzeybek Y, Erten C, Çokmert S, Demir L, Dirican A, Bayoglu IV, Akyol M and Tarhan MOCan A, Aslan F, Alacacioglu A, Kucukzeybek Y, Erten C, Çokmert S, Demir L, Dirican A, Bayoglu IV, Akyol M and Tarhan MO
  
  Background: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the Metabolic Syndrome the parameters of it and the manifest prognostic factors of the Colon Cancer in newly-diagnosed phase 2-4 colon cancer patients. Patients and Method: 104 newly-diagnosed and phase 2-4 Colon Cancer patients were prospectively included in the study at Ä°zmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital Medical Oncology Policlinic between June 2010 and December 2012. Demographic, anthropometric and laboratory data belonging to the patients were recorded. To detect the presence of Metabolic Syndrome at the time of the diagnosis, patients were tested for hunger blood glucose, LDL, HDL, triglyceride, total cholesterol levels besides the metric measurement of the waist and hip perimeters. To detect the presence of hy.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2375-4516.1000129

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