2023
Post-diagnosis weight trajectories and mortality among women with breast cancer
Puklin L, Li F, Cartmel B, Zhao J, Sanft T, Lisevick A, Winer E, Lustberg M, Spiegelman D, Sharifi M, Irwin M, Ferrucci L. Post-diagnosis weight trajectories and mortality among women with breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2023, 9: 98. PMID: 38042922, PMCID: PMC10693588, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-023-00603-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexBreast cancer diagnosisWeight changeCause mortalityClinical characteristicsWeight gainWeight lossBreast cancerWeight trajectoriesPost-diagnosis weight changeBreast cancer-specific mortalityCox proportional hazards modelModern treatment eraCancer-specific mortalityCancer diagnosisModerate weight lossModerate weight gainProportional hazards modelAdverse health outcomesElectronic health recordsTreatment eraBaseline characteristicsTumor RegistryMass indexWeight management
2019
Association between pre-diagnosis BMI, physical activity, pathologic complete response, and chemotherapy completion in women treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer
Usiskin I, Li F, Irwin ML, Cartmel B, Sanft T. Association between pre-diagnosis BMI, physical activity, pathologic complete response, and chemotherapy completion in women treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. Breast Cancer 2019, 26: 719-728. PMID: 31119682, DOI: 10.1007/s12282-019-00974-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPathologic complete responseChemotherapy completionComplete responseNeoadjuvant chemotherapyLower BMIResidual diseaseBreast cancerPhysical activityNeoadjuvant breast cancer treatmentRetrospective case-control studyUnconditional logistic regression modelsCompletion of chemotherapyMedical record reviewBreast cancer survivalLower mean BMICase-control studyPhysical activity 1Breast cancer treatmentLogistic regression modelsBreast cancer diagnosisMean BMIPatient characteristicsRecord reviewPurposePhysical activityCancer survival