title: [The patient's weight and height and the stage of breast cancer at the time of diagnosis].
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation of body weight and height to the stage of breast cancer at the time of diagnosis. Information on weight, height and stage was abstracted from the medical records of 466 women with newly diagnosed breast cancer treated at the Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement in Quebec City from Jan. 1, 1975 to Mar. 31, 1981. The percentage of patients with regional disease or distant metastases was found to increase from 35.5% among women weighing less than 55 kg to 51.2% among those 65 kg or more. Palpation (including breast self-examination) may be less valuable or breast cancer biologically more aggressive in obese women.
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010173:Palpation
vernacular_title: Poids et taille de la patiente et stade du cancer du sein au moment du diagnostic.