Body weight, blood lipids, blood cortisol and prognosis of patients with cancer of the large intestine and breast
Kovalenko, I.G.; Bershteĭn, L.M.; Ostroumova, M.N.; Dil'man, V.M.
Voprosy Onkologii 35(7): 816-822
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0507-3758 PMID: 2773397 Document Number: 328654
Survival was evaluated in 121 patients with breast cancer and 114 with colorectal tumors versus overweight, body surface, preoperative blood-cholesterol level, cholesterol fraction profile and blood-triglyceride and -11-hydroxycorticosteroid levels. Survival was assessed by actuarial method. In breast cancer patients, prognosis inversely correlated with overweight and preoperative blood-cholesterol level whereas in colorectal cancer--with preoperative blood-triglyceride level, and--in males--with those of 11-hydroxycorticosteroids. The prognostic significance of cancrophilia factors in cancer as well as differences in said significance for colorectal and breast tumors are discussed.