Open AccessThe association of body mass index and adverse clinicopathological characteristics in non-metastatic breast cancer
Author(s) -
Atlal Abusanad,
Bashayer Alghamdi,
Reema Alghamdi,
Raghad Khallaf,
Konooz Faisal,
Raghad Bishnaq
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_596_20
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , breast cancer , obesity , pathological , lymph , cancer , axillary lymph nodes , oncology , pathology
Obesity is a global health problem. It is becoming increasingly prevalent in Saudi Arabia. High body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for many diseases, including cancer. Noticeably, breast cancer (BC) cases in Saudi Arabia occur at a younger age than in western countries. Different lifestyle behaviors such as maintaining healthy body weight and physical activity may play a role in this. In this study, we investigated the association between BMI and BC adverse clinicopathological features.