Variations in the body mass index in Brazilian women undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer

• Main Authors: Marcos Desídérío Ricci (Author), Maria Carolina Formigoni (Author), Lucia Maria Martins Zuliani (Author), Denis Seiiti Aoki (Author), Bruna Salani Mota (Author), José Roberto Filassi (Author), José Roberto Morales Piato (Author), Edmund Chada Baracat (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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PURPOSE:To evaluate variations in the body mass index in patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer, and to associate these changes with patient's age and adjuvant chemotherapy regimen.METHODS:We performed a retrospective cohort study in order to correlate any variation in the...