Nearly 30 pc of breast cancer patients gain weight after receiving chemotherapy

Oct 25, 2020

New Delhi, Oct 26 (ANI): Nearly 30 per cent patients with breast cancer gained weight after receiving chemotherapy treatment, suggested a study. Beyond weight gain, chemotherapy is also known to increase the risk of high blood pressure and glucose intolerance, a pre-diabetes condition. Although this is a familiar phenomenon, the mechanisms underlying these processes have not yet been identified. Dr Ayelet Shai initiated the research study. He is Director of Oncology at the Galilee Medical Center, who led the study with Professor Omry Koren, an expert in gastrointestinal bacteria at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine...