Association between pre-diagnosis BMI, physical activity, pathologic complete response, and chemotherapy completion in women treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer.
CONCLUSIONS: Pathologic complete response was associated with lower BMI; chemotherapy completion was associated with exercising at CDC-recommended levels prior to breast cancer diagnosis.
PMID: 31119682 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Breast Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Usiskin I, Li F, Irwin ML, Cartmel B, Sanft T Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: research
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