Weight gain in breast cancer survivors: Prevalence, pattern and health consequences

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 282-294

  Vance, V ^a   Mourtzakis, M ^a   Mccargar, L ^b   Hanning, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Recurrence; Survival; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MEGESTROL; PREDNISONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREND STUDY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OBESITY; SURVIVORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79952812530     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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