Associations between obesity and lymph node metastasis and early recurrence in pancreatic head cancer: A single-center retrospective cohort study

Key Points

• Increased obesity correlates with a higher incidence of lymph node metastasis in pancreatic cancer cases.
• Notably, 45% of patients with significant obesity showed early recurrence after treatment, emphasizing a critical relationship.
• Retrospective cohort analysis investigated the impact of obesity on disease progression in pancreatic cancer cases observed over five years.
• These findings highlight potential interventions that may lower recurrence rates in obese pancreatic cancer patients.