Impact of obesity on sentinel lymph node biopsy outcomes and survival in breast cancer patients: A single-center retrospective study.
Jian PangLun LiNana YinMei DaiShuyue ZhengMing ChenJingyan XueJiong WuPublished in: Cancer medicine (2024)
Obesity is an independent prognostic factor for early-stage BC patients who undergo SLNB; however, it does not affect the positive SLN rate.
Keyphrases
- sentinel lymph node
- early stage
- prognostic factors
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- high fat diet induced
- type diabetes
- weight gain
- adipose tissue
- ultrasound guided
- skeletal muscle
- fine needle aspiration
- radiation therapy
- body mass index
- glycemic control
- squamous cell carcinoma
- physical activity