Correlation of body mass index and leptin with tumor size and stage of disease in hormone-dependent postmenopausal breast cancer: Preliminary results and therapeutic implications

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 677-686

  MacCiò, Antonio ^a   Madeddu, Clelia ^b   Gramignano, Giulia ^c   Mulas, Carlo ^a   Floris, Carlo ^d   Massa, Daniela ^a   Astara, Giorgio ^b   Chessa, Paola ^e   Mantovani, Giovanni ^b  

^a Sirai Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c NS Bonaria Hospital   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Oncologico A Businco   (Italy)

^e San Michele Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adipokines; Body mass index; Breast cancer; Interleukin 6; Leptin; Menopause

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; AGED; BLOOD; BREAST NEOPLASMS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEPTIN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954533434     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-010-0611-8     Document Type: Article

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