Height, weight, and risk of breast cancer relapse.
The records of 231 patients with primary breast cancer and 85 patients with metastatic breast cancer were reviewed to determine whether indices of body weight were associated with prognosis. Results support previous reports that indices of body weight are relatively weak, but real, prognostic factors.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012306:Risk; D014481:United States