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Complex inter-relationship of body mass index, gender and serum creatinine on survival: exploring the obesity paradox in melanoma patients treated with checkpoint inhibition

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  • Girish S. Naik Department of Medical OncologyDana-Farber Cancer Institute 450 Brookline Avenue 02215 Boston MA USA Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sushrut S. Waikar Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA Division of Renal Medicine, Department of MedicineBrigham and Women’s Hospital Boston MA USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alistair E. W. Johnson Institute of Medical Engineering & Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Elizabeth I. Buchbinder Department of Medical OncologyDana-Farber Cancer Institute 450 Brookline Avenue 02215 Boston MA USA Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rizwan Haq Department of Medical OncologyDana-Farber Cancer Institute 450 Brookline Avenue 02215 Boston MA USA Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • F. Stephen Hodi Department of Medical OncologyDana-Farber Cancer Institute 450 Brookline Avenue 02215 Boston MA USA Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jonathan D. Schoenfeld Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA Department of Radiation OncologyDana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center Boston MA USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Patrick A. Ott Department of Medical OncologyDana-Farber Cancer Institute 450 Brookline Avenue 02215 Boston MA USA Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA Melanoma Center & Center for Immuno-Oncology Boston MA USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles

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Naik GS, Waikar SS, Johnson AEW, et al
Complex inter-relationship of body mass index, gender and serum creatinine on survival: exploring the obesity paradox in melanoma patients treated with checkpoint inhibition
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 2019;7:89. doi: 10.1186/s40425-019-0512-5
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January 08, 2022

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