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Patients with rectal cancer, emergency surgery, metastatic disease, neoadjuvant therapy, or incomplete data were excluded. Obesity was defined as a BMI\u2009\u2265\u200930\u00a0kg\/m\u00b2. Clinical, surgical, and pathological data were collected from prospectively maintained databases. Associations between obesity and study outcomes were evaluated using multivariable logistic regression adjusted for age, sex, ASA score, tumour location, T stage, and MSI status.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 126 patients undergoing elective surgery for colon adenocarcinoma were included, of whom 42 (33.3%) BMI\u2009&gt;\u200930. Obesity was not associated with lymphovascular invasion, tumour necrosis, or high-grade histology. In contrast, obesity independently predicted both perineural invasion (OR 3.59, 95%CI 1.16\u201311.50;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.011) and peritumoral deposits (OR 2.82, 95%CI 1.03\u20137.69;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.032). Higher T stage correlated with aggressive pathological features, whereas MSI status showed a protective effect. Regarding lymph node assessment, the proportion of patients with \u2265\u200912 retrieved nodes was high and similar between obese and non-obese patients (88.1% vs. 83.3%,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.48). Obesity was not independently associated with adequate lymph node staging (OR 1.48, 95%CI 0.50\u20134.43;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.48).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Obesity did not compromise nodal staging or most tumour aggressiveness markers, but its association with perineural invasion and tumour deposits highlights a potentially distinct, clinically relevant tumour biology.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s13304-026-02870-w","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,6]],"date-time":"2026-10-06T14:35:51Z","timestamp":1791297351000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Obesity and pathological features of tumour aggressiveness and lymph node staging in colon cancer: a multicentre propensity score-matched study"],"prefix":"10.1007","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3763-8847","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marta","family":"Goglia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mattia Leonardo","family":"Giancola","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gabriella","family":"Distefano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francesco Maria","family":"Carrano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Catarci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marcello","family":"Gasparrini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paolo","family":"Mercantini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Roberto","family":"Santoro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gianfranco","family":"Silecchia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"2870_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"101839","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bpg.2023.101839","volume":"66","author":"L Klimeck","year":"2023","unstructured":"Klimeck L, Heisser T, Hoffmeister M, Brenner H (2023) Colorectal cancer: A health and economic problem. 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