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SUBMITTER: Corona SP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7289535 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Corona Silvia P SP Giudici Fabiola F Jerusalem Guy G Ciruelos Eva E Strina Carla C Sirico Marianna M Bernocchi Ottavia O Milani Manuela M Dester Martina M Ziglioli Nicoletta N Barbieri Giuseppina G Cervoni Valeria V Montemurro Filippo F Generali Daniele D
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<h4>Introduction</h4>Reliable biomarkers of response to mTOR inhibition are yet to be identified. As mTOR is heavily implicated in cell-metabolism, we investigated the relation between BMI variation and outcomes in metastatic breast cancer (mBC) patients treated with everolimus.<h4>Results</h4>we found a linear correlation between everolimus exposure duration and BMI/weight decrease. Patients exhibiting >2 kg weight loss or >3% BMI decrease from baseline at the end of treatment (EOT) had a stati ...[more]