Clinicopathologic and Prognostic Significance of Body Mass Index (BMI) among Breast Cancer Patients in Western China: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Based on Western China Clinical Cooperation Group (WCCCG).
Kang WangYu-Tuan WuXiang ZhangLi ChenWen-Ming ZhuAi-Jie ZhangKe ZhengXue-Dong YinFan LiLing-Quan KongBin-Lin MaHui LiJin-Ping LiuJun JiangZhu-Yue LiYang ShiGuo-Sheng RenHong-Yuan LiPublished in: BioMed research international (2019)
We concluded that UW and OW were associated with aggressively clinicopathological characteristics, regardless of menopausal status. An "U" shaped association of BMI and DFS was revealed, and no significant difference of DFS between OW and NW in postmenopausal subgroup was revealed.