Weight, inflammation, cancer-related symptoms and health-related quality of life among breast cancer survivors

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-176

  Imayama, Ikuyo ^a   Alfano, Catherine M ^b   Neuhouser, Marian L ^a,c   George, Stephanie M ^b   Smith, Ashley Wilder ^b   Baumgartner, Richard N ^d   Baumgartner, Kathy B ^d   Bernstein, Leslie ^e   Wang, Ching Yun ^a,c   Duggan, Catherine ^a   Ballard Barbash, Rachel ^b   McTiernan, Anne ^a,c,f  

^a USA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Breast cancer survivors; Cancer related symptoms; Inflammation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SLEEP; THORAX WALL DEFECT; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA DISEASE; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84880274793     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-013-2594-y     Document Type: Article

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