Influence of Body Composition Assessed by Computed Tomography on Mortality Risk in Young Women with Breast Cancer

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 16; no. 18; p. 3175
• Main Authors: de Lima Bezerra, Agnes Denise, da Costa Pereira, Jarson Pedro, de Macedo Soares, Ingryd Fernandes, Ferreira, Glaucia Mardrini Cassiano, Miranda, Ana Lúcia, de Medeiros, Galtieri Otávio Cunha, Verde, Sara Maria Moreira Lima, Fayh, Ana Paula Trussardi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 19.09.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Adiposity; Adult; Aging; Body Composition; Body fat; Body mass index; Brazil; Breast cancer; Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Breast Neoplasms - mortality; Clinical outcomes; Cohort Studies; CT imaging; Data collection; Electronic health records; fat mass; Female; Females; Humans; Investigations; Medical imaging; Medical prognosis; Medical records; Mortality; muscle mass; Muscle, Skeletal - diagnostic imaging; Muscles; Musculoskeletal system; Obesity; Oncology; Physiological aspects; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Sociodemographics; Tomography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Type 2 diabetes; Womens health; Young Adult; Young women; Brazil; muscle mass; mortality; breast cancer; body composition; prognosis; fat mass

/ Increasing evidence indicates that body composition can significantly influence prognosis in women with breast cancer. However, alterations in body composition, particularly among young women (<40 years), remain largely unknown and underexplored. This study aimed to investigate the relationship...