Height, weight, and risk of breast cancer relapse

Timothy Eberlein; Richard Simon; Susan Fisher; Marc E. Lippman

doi:10.1007/BF01807654

Height, weight, and risk of breast cancer relapse

Timothy Eberlein, Richard Simon, Susan Fisher, Marc E. Lippman

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Abstract

The records of 231 patients with primary breast cancer and 85 patients with metastatic breast cancer were reviewed to determine whether indices of body weight were associated with prognosis. Results support previous reports that indices of body weight are relatively weak, but real, prognostic factors.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	81-86
Number of pages	6
Journal	Breast cancer research and treatment
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01807654
State	Published - Feb 1 1985

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Keywords

body weight
obesity
prognostic factors
recurrence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oncology
Cancer Research

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Eberlein, T., Simon, R., Fisher, S., & Lippman, M. E. (1985). Height, weight, and risk of breast cancer relapse. Breast cancer research and treatment, 5(1), 81-86. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01807654

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