High BMI can impede breast cancer recovery

High body mass index (BMI) could lead to tougher diagnoses for women with breast cancer. A team of researchers at the University of Texas' Anderson Cancer Centre found women with locally advanced and inflammatory breast cancers had a worse prognosis if they had a high BMI ratio. The study revealed women with a healthy BMI ratio had a tendency to fair better. The study was conducted because the majority of newly-diagnosed patients with inflammatory breast cancer were overweight or obese. Breast cancer sufferers were also in the news last month when American scientists revealed that ...