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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)81-86
Number of pages6
JournalBreast Cancer Research and Treatment
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 1985
Externally publishedYes

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Body Weight
Breast Neoplasms
Weights and Measures
Recurrence

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

Height, weight, and risk of breast cancer relapse. / Eberlein, Timothy; Simon, Richard; Fisher, Susan; Lippman, Marc E.

In: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Vol. 5, No. 1, 01.02.1985, p. 81-86.

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Eberlein, T, Simon, R, Fisher, S & Lippman, ME 1985, 'Height, weight, and risk of breast cancer relapse', Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 81-86. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01807654
Eberlein T, Simon R, Fisher S, Lippman ME. Height, weight, and risk of breast cancer relapse. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 1985 Feb 1;5(1):81-86. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01807654
Eberlein, Timothy ; Simon, Richard ; Fisher, Susan ; Lippman, Marc E. / Height, weight, and risk of breast cancer relapse. In: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 1985 ; Vol. 5, No. 1. pp. 81-86.
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