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SUBMITTER: Wisse A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5999186 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wisse Agatha A Tryggvadottir Helga H Simonsson Maria M Isaksson Karolin K Rose Carsten C Ingvar Christian C Jernström Helena H
Cancer causes & control : CCC 20180526 7
Overweight and obesity are increasing worldwide, but the extent in breast cancer patients is unknown. The two aims were to study secular trends in preoperative body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and breast volume and their impacts on clinical outcome. BMI, waist circumference, and breast volume were measured preoperatively in 24-99-year-old primary breast cancer patients (n = 640) in Sweden 2002-2016. The measurements were analyzed alone and combined in relation to recurrence and overal ...[more]