关键词: 内脏脂肪组织, 内脏型肥胖, 结直肠癌

Abstract: Advances in the association between visceral adipose tissue and risk and prognosis of colorectal cancer                        FENG Zhe-wen, TIAN Ming-wei, KOU Tian-kuo, et al.Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
Corresponding author: ZHANG Zhong-tao，E-mail：zhangzht@
ccmu.edu.cn
Abstract    Visceral adipose tissue has higher metabolic activity than subcutaneous adipose tissue. Visceral adipose tissue promotes insulin resistance and secretes pro-inflammatory cytokines, which can be regarded as an endocrine and paracrine organ. A large amount of visceral adipose tissue blocks the surgical field, and promotes insulin resistance and inflammatory pathways, which affects the risk of colorectal cancer, the incidence of postoperative complications, survival time and the efficacy of adjuvant therapy, directly or indirectly. It helps surgeons provide more appropriate preventive advice, surgical planning and prognosis prediction by evaluating the amount of visceral adipose tissue from physical examination and preoperative examination.

Key words: visceral adipose tissue, visceral obesity, colorectal cancer