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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
Six hundred forty-six women with node-positive breast cancer from two prospective, randomized, adjuvant breast cancer trials were evaluated for changes in weight during and after receiving 60 weeks of chemotherapy, chemohormonal therapy, or observation. The median weight change in the 545 patients remaining on protocol at 60 weeks for observed postmenopausal patients was +1.8 kg, for treated postmenopausal patients +3.6 kg, and for treated premenopausal patients +5.9 kg (P less than .001). After a median follow-up of 6.6 years, premenopausal women who gained more than the median weight at 60 weeks had a risk of relapse 1.5 times greater (covariate P = .17) and a risk of death 1.6 times greater (covariate P = .04) than premenopausal women who had gained less than the median weight. In the postmenopausal patients, the trend for inferior relapse-free and overall survival in those who gained more than the median weight at 60 weeks was not significant (P = .05). We conclude that, relative to observation, adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with greater weight gain in node-positive, postmenopausal breast cancer patients; the amount of weight gain appears greater for premenopausal than postmenopausal women, and in premenopausal women, excessive weight gain may be associated with an increase in relapse and cancer-related deaths in the selected patients who show no evidence of recurrence during 60 weeks of adjuvant chemotherapy. This last point must be interpreted with caution because of the exploratory nature of the analyses.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0732-183X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1327-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Cyclophosphamide, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Fluorouracil, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Lymph Nodes, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Lymphatic Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Mastectomy, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Menopause, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Prednisone, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Tamoxifen, pubmed-meshheading:2199619-Weight Gain
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Weight change in women treated with adjuvant therapy or observed following mastectomy for node-positive breast cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ 85259.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Randomized Controlled Trial