Is this your speculation or do you have data to support that? In this study, body fat gain was linked to worse outcomes: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735658/ … Same as this one: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000612/ … There are mechanistic reasons to think that fat tissue can fuel breast cancer growth.
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Replying to @kevinnbass @IamBreastCancer
Just speculation, but I would note that as far as I can see neither of those studies showed that body fat gain was linked to worse outcomes except in a tiny subset of postmenopausal women (p=0.035)
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There's definitely evidence from those studies that women who have worse cancer gain more weight, but as far as I can tell the research is indicating that's likely related to a reduction in physical ability rather than a causal association per se
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Replying to @GidMK @IamBreastCancer
If I am not mistaken, it's pretty unclear. I also don't think that it is likely to be harmful to maintain fat mass. Regardless, the head and neck cancer patients saw improvements.pic.twitter.com/WSaVIIJ0Lv
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Anyway this study is preliminary. I think we should not regard this as a very substantial finding to be arguing about. Survival will have to wait better studies and I think they may be coming soon. I just thought this was interesting. Sorry *to lose fat mass.
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Replying to @kevinnbass @IamBreastCancer
Actually, there I'd disagree. This from the study is both quite gross - "self-responsibility" is a terrible term for people with cancer - and goes far beyond what the results showpic.twitter.com/A0wOvSjjf5
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Replying to @GidMK @IamBreastCancer
The author is not a native speaker of English. Go away.
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Replying to @kevinnbass @IamBreastCancer
Eh? The English was perfect for >2,000 words but they somehow messed up the last sentence?
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Replying to @GidMK @IamBreastCancer
having not read the paper i dont know how you would know that. and no it isnt. you can stop bluffing now.
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Replying to @kevinnbass
I cannot find a single error in the English language of the paper aside from an overuse of the passive voice, which is common in scientific language. Honestly, I don't really care if you think I've read the paper or not, I'm out
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Sorry, small P.s, since I do dislike being called a liar-the time×KD interaction for head/neck patients showed a positive coefficient but the KD coefficient was negative in this group for weight gain. Several possible explanations, but not unfair to say that KD=weight loss
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