Association between changes in body fat and disease progression after breast cancer surgery is moderated by menopausal status.
Li-Ni LiuYung-Chang LinChristine MiaskowskiShin-Cheh ChenMei-Ling ChenPublished in: BMC cancer (2017)
Our results suggest that increased body fat percentage 6 months after breast surgery is an important predictor of distant metastasis in postmenopausal Taiwanese women with breast cancer. Clinicians may need to measure patients' body fat periodically. Our findings should be validated in studies with a longer follow-up time.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- surgical site infection
- lymph node
- palliative care
- patient reported outcomes
- young adults
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome
- postmenopausal women
- case control
- patient reported