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Sebastián López Estrada
, Jaqueline Moreno Elias, Silvia del Carmen Delgado Sandoval
Introducción: el cáncer de mama es el más frecuente en mujeres; el sobrepeso y obesidad se han considerado factores de riesgo para desarrollarlo, en México es la principal causa de muerte por cáncer en mujeres.
Objetivo: analizar la relación entre el estadio de cáncer de mama con el Índice de Masa Corporal.
Materiales y métodos: estudio analítico, retrospectivo y correlacional; se analizaron 1181 expedientes de mujeres con diagnóstico de cáncer de mama que acudieron a consulta durante el 2024.
Resultados: no se encontró correlación lineal entre el IMC y el estadio de patológico de cáncer de mama.
Conclusiones: los resultados difieren de una gran parte de estudios previos, es recomendable realizar más análisis considerando otras variables confusoras, como edad de diagnóstico o el estado menopaúsico.
Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women; overweight and obesity have been considered risk factors for its development; in Mexico, it is the leading cause of cancer death in women.
Objective: To analyze the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and the pathological stage of breast cancer in women treated at a public hospital in Guanajuato during 2024.
Materials and methods: An analytical, retrospective, and correlational study was carried out. 1,181 medical records of women diagnosed with breast cancer who attended consultations during 2024 were analyzed. Results: No significant correlation was found between BMI and the pathological stage of breast cancer (p>0.05). The BMI distribution showed a predominance of overweight and obesity (approximately 70%), with no relevant differences according to clinical stage. These findings suggest that, in this sample, excess weight is not associated with greater tumor aggressiveness at the time of diagnosis.
Conclusions: The results differ from those of many previous studies; further analysis is recommended, taking into account other confounding variables, such as age diagnosis or menopausal status.
