Predictive Role Of Body Composition Parameters In Operable Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.
Claudia OmariniPatrizia PalumboAnnarita PecchiStefano DraisciSara BalduzziCecilia NassoMonica BarboliniChrystel IscaAlessandro BocconiLuca MoscettiSilvia GalettiGiovanni TazzioliPietro TorricelliStefano CascinuFrancesco GiottaPublished in: Cancer management and research (2019)
Visceral adiposity as well as steatosis were closely involved in chemosensitivity in BC patients treated with NC. Their measures from clinically acquired CT scans provide significant predictive information that outperform BMI value. More research is required to evaluate the relationship among adiposity site and survival outcomes.
Keyphrases
- body composition
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- insulin resistance
- computed tomography
- locally advanced
- resistance training
- weight gain
- lymph node
- bone mineral density
- adipose tissue
- sentinel lymph node
- high fat diet
- dual energy
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- contrast enhanced
- high fat diet induced
- body mass index
- type diabetes
- image quality
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- early stage
- weight loss
- physical activity
- pet ct
- high intensity