Article: Quality of life as a predictor of weight loss in obese, early-stage breast cancer survivors.(Clinical report)

Purpose/Objectives: To investigate whether quality of life (QOL) assessed before weight loss intervention predicts weight loss and, in turn, what the effect of weight loss is on QOL measures after 12 months in early-stage breast cancer survivors.

Design: A clinical trial of a weight loss intervention in breast cancer survivors.

Setting: Communitywide recruitment in Detroit, MI.

Sample: 39 breast cancer survivors (body mass index = 30-44 kg/[m.sup.2]), within three years of initial diagnosis and at least three months after chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

Methods: Participants were randomized to one of three weight loss methods or a ...

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