Impact of Body Mass Index on Prognostically Relevant Breast Cancer Tumor Characteristics

Breast care

Sabine Rohrmann¹  Uwe Güth¹  Alexandra Modlasiak¹  Seraina M. Schmid¹  Monika Eichholzer¹  Andreas Schötzau¹  Dorothy J. Huang¹ 

[1] aDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich, Basel, Switzerland

关键词: Breast cancer;    Body mass index;    Tumor size;    Prognostic factors;    Tumor detection;   

DOI  :  10.1159/000350002

学科分类：泌尿医学

来源: S Karger AG

【 摘 要 】

This study analyzes the association of body mass index (BMI) and prognostically relevant breast cancer (BC) characteristics in a country that has been rather spared of the global obesity epidemic.

【 授权许可】

Unknown