Body mass index and survival in women with breast cancer—systematic literature review and meta-analysis of 82 follow-up studies

S.M. Chan, Doris; Vieira, Ana; Aune, Dagfinn; V. Bandera, Elisa; C. Greenwood, Darren; McTiernan, Anne; Navarro-Rosenblatt, Deborah; Thune, Inger; Vieira, Rute; Norat, T.

doi:10.1093/annonc/mdu042

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Body mass index and survival in women with breast cancer—systematic literature review and meta-analysis of 82 follow-up studies

Published in Annals of Oncology • Apr 28, 2014

Authors:

Doris S.M. Chan

Ana Vieira

Dagfinn Aune

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Positive association between obesity and survival after breast cancer was demonstrated in previous meta-analyses of published data, but only the results for the comparison of obese versus non-obese was summarised. METHODS: We systematically searched in MEDLINE and EMBASE for follow-up st...

Subject

Medicine

Meta-analysis

Breast cancer

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