Weight changes during chemotherapy and prognostic outcome in breast cancer: A preliminary assessment in single centre cohort

• Main Authors: Lua, Pei Lin, Zakaria, Noor Salihah, Mamat, Nik Mazlan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine; RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/51566/1/2016_Mal_J_Public_hlth_Med_Weight_Changes.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/51566/4/51566_%20Weight%20changes%20during%20chemotherapy_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/51566/; http://www.mjphm.org.my/mjphm/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=107&Itemid=121
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

A concern in breast cancer involves changes in weight which may adversely affect the prognosis of patients. This study intended to evaluate weight changed uring chemotherapy and its association with prognostic outcome measured as event-free survival (EFS)among breast cancer patients. A total of63 wo...