Open Access<p>Effects of Chemotherapy on Serum Lipids in Chinese Postoperative Breast Cancer Patients</p>
Author(s) -
Qing Lü,
Xian Wu,
Yanhui Zhu,
Jianwen Yang,
Xingmeng Wang,
Chaoran Ye,
Ruyu Cai,
Kai Zhang,
Tingyu Xu,
Bing Wang,
Jordee Selvamanee Veeramootoo,
Tiansong Xia,
Xiaoan Li
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s253397
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , chemotherapy , oncology , cancer , cancer research
Chemotherapy is a comprehensive therapy for breast cancer; nevertheless, its associated adverse effects are drawing increasing attention with the continuous improvement of the efficacy. The changes in serum lipids of breast cancer patients caused by chemotherapy have been reported by previous studies, whereby the former increase the incidence rate of cardiovascular disorders. However, the variations in the changes of serum lipids with different chemotherapy regimens have seldom been reported.