Computerized tomography assessment of women with weight changes associated with adjuvant...
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Cheney, Carrie L.; Mahloch, Janice
- Source
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; Jul97, Vol. 66 Issue 1, p141, 6p, 3 Charts
- Subject
- BREAST cancer
HUMAN body composition
TREATMENT of diseases in women
ADJUVANT treatment of cancer
- Language
- ISSN
- 00029165
Investigates the changes in abdominal fat accumulation that accompanied the change in weight associated with adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in women. Variable response in subcutaneous adipose volumes; Consistent increase in visceral adipose depot; Indication that women were likely to lose lean body mass and gain fat mass during breast cancer treatment.