Abstract
Obesity is one of the most important risk factors for esophageal cancer. Case-control studies performed in people with body mass index (BMI) over 30 kg/m2 have statistically favorable results for the occurrence of esophageal adenocarcinoma. The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of obesity in the prognosis of patients with squamous cell carcinoma and esophageal adenocarcinoma. The results of the study showed a similar profile of survival curves in patients with squamous cell carcinoma, regardless of the BMI. For patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma, there were statistically significant differences between the BMI value and their survival.
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