Erten C 
	
					    												
Turkey						                            
                            
						
 Research Article
												The Prognostic Value of the Metabolic Syndrome in Colon Cancer Patients 						
Author(s): Can A*, Aslan F, Alacacıoglu A, Kucukzeybek Y, Erten C, Çokmert S, Demir L, Dirican A, Bayoglu IV, Akyol M and Tarhan MO
Can A*, Aslan F, Alacacıoglu 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 İzmir 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.
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												DOI:
												 10.4172/2375-4516.1000129