Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Basal energy expenditure (BEE), also called basal metabolic rate, increases in cancer patients and is thought to contribute to the weight loss observed in cancer cachexia. Cancer type, pathological stage and duration of disease influence BEE. The aim of this study was to evaluate BEE and body composition in breast cancer patients.Methods: Forty-three women with breast cancer whose received adjuvant chemotherapy and 80 healthy age and body mass index...

Purpose: Numerous epidemiological studies have shown that obesity is a risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer and relapse. We aim to investigate the relation between the upper abdominal obesity and breast cancer, by using ultrasonography (USG).Material and methods: The study population consisted of 44 women in control group and 17 breast cancer patient in study group. In the whole study population fat tissue was measured with high resolution B-mode...

Aim: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship of visceral fat accumulation with the existence of the carotid plaque in ischemic stroke patients.Materials and methods: Seventy patients (37 male, 33 female) with acute ischemic stroke were enrolled in the study. The carotid IMT and the existence of carotid plaque of the patients were evaluated by high resolution ultrasonography with a 7.5 MHz linear superficial array probe in B-mode. The abdo...