ArticleNPJ breast cancer2026
Characterization of body composition dynamics throughout treatment in patients with early-stage breast cancer.
Article in NPJ breast cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Understanding cachexia and muscle dysfunction in the context of metastatic breast cancer.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2026Review
- Artificial intelligence standardizes CT-based body composition analysis in breast cacer to address methodological heterogeneity.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
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Abstract
This study characterized computed tomography (CT)-derived body composition and tissue morphology in females with non-metastatic breast cancer (BC), both cross-sectionally (n = 56) and longitudinally (n = 38), including comparisons with healthy women and cachexia-prone females with lung cancer. Morphologic changes occurred in the absence of pronounced muscle loss resultant of lean tissue reductions masked by concurrent increases in intra-muscular adipose. Longitudinal analyses suggest divergent phenotypes: non-cachectic patients (63% of BC cohort) demonstrated compositional shifts amid stable muscle quantity, whereas cachectic patients (37%) exhibited wasting of both muscle and adipose quantities alongside remodeling of externally-deposited adipose. Independent of weight, 32 of 38 patients with BC (84%) demonstrated clinically-relevant declines in muscle quantity and/or quality. Findings highlight the discordance between weight loss and underlying tissue dynamics, suggesting that conventional cachexia definitions may under-detect clinically relevant remodeling in early-stage BC. CT-based phenotyping may therefore refine risk stratification to better inform supportive interventions across cancer populations.
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