An Overview of the Impact of Body Mass Index on Pathological Complete Response Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Operable Breast Cancer in a Tertiary Care Centre in South India.
Somashekhar S PRicha JaiswalRohit KumarB C AshokSusmita RakshitAmit RauthanPoonam PatilNitin YashasH K KarthikArcha PrasadHerra IslamK R AshwinPublished in: European journal of breast health (2022)
This retrospective study established that overweight and obese patients suffering from breast carcinoma had a lessened pCR rate following NACT in comparison with those who were under-/normal weight.
Keyphrases
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- obese patients
- body mass index
- tertiary care
- bariatric surgery
- weight gain
- weight loss
- physical activity
- gastric bypass
- roux en y gastric bypass
- locally advanced
- lymph node
- sentinel lymph node
- squamous cell carcinoma
- rectal cancer
- real time pcr
- radiation therapy
- childhood cancer
- body weight
- clinical evaluation