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Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Gaining Less Weight After Diagnosis
Early Breast Cancer Patients Gaining Less Weight
B. Jancin
20071124
2007 Dec 24
Elsevier Global Medical News
Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Gaining Less Weight After Diagnosis
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2007 Dec 24, B. Jancin
SAN ANTONIO (EGMN) - Weight gain in the first year or two following diagnosis of early-stage breast cancer appears to be less pervasive in the modern era of chemotherapy and endocrine therapy than in times past, results of a retrospective study suggest.Numerous older studies have reported average weight gains ranging from 2.9 to more than 5 kg in the year following adjuvant chemotherapy in women with early-stage breast cancer. In contrast, the average weight gain in a 90-patient study reported at...