AUTHOR=Huang Liang-Kang , Lin Yu-Ching , Chuang Hai-Hua , Chuang Cheng-Keng , Pang See-Tong , Wu Chun-Te , Chang Ying-Hsu , Yu Kai-Jie , Lin Po-Hung , Kan Hung-Cheng , Chu Yuan-Cheng , Hung Wei-Kang , Hsieh Ming-Li , Shao I-Hung 

TITLE=Body composition as a predictor of oncological outcome in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer receiving intravesical instillation after transurethral resection of bladder tumor

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Oncology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/articles/10.3389/fonc.2023.1180888

DOI=10.3389/fonc.2023.1180888

ISSN=2234-943X

ABSTRACT=Introduction: Body status, categorized as sarcopenia or obesity and assessed using body mass index and body composition, affects the outcome of bladder cancer patients. However, studies comparing disease progression, recurrence, or overall survival in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with different body compositions are lacking. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective study to identify the impact of body composition, sarcopenia, and obesity on the oncological prognosis of patients with NMIBC who underwent transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) intravesical instillation (IVI).Methods: