This study addresses the effect of obesity and body fat distribution on axillary lymph node involvement, tumor size, and estrogen receptor (ER) level in breast cancer patients. Anthropometric measurements were prospectively obtained on 248 consecutively and newly diagnosed women with invasive breast
Breast cancer prognosis: Role of obesity?
β Scribed by Ruby T. Senie
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 90 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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