Body composition in early breast cancer patients treated with adjuvant aromatase inhibitors: Does dietary counseling matter?

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The impact of dietary counseling on body composition in early breast cancer patients (EBC) treated with aromatase inhibitors (AIs) is uncertain. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of a diet counseling program on weight, BMI, total and regional body composition in patients treated with AIs.

Methods

This observational study involved 194 EBC patients, of which 97 attended a 6-month personalized counseling program, based on Mediterranean diet principles (cohort A) and 97 did not (cohort B). Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan was used to measure the total and regional fat and lean body mass, before (baseline) and after at least 18 months of AI-therapy.

Results

Weight and BMI increased significantly, on the average, in cohort B, but not in coho

SUBMITTER: Pedersini R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11415878 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature