Modified metabolic syndrome and second cancers in women: A case control study.

Background: According to some studies, the metabolic syndrome causes diverse primary cancers; however, there is no evidence about metabolic syndrome impact on second cancers development in women.

Aim: To find out the implication of the modified metabolic syndrome in women with second cancers.

Materials And Methods: This was a case-control study, at a general hospital in Mexico City, in women with second cancers (cases) and age-matched women with only one neoplasm (controls).

Metabolic syndrome in Mexican women survivors of breast cancer: a pilot study at a general hospital.

Introduction: According to developed countries' studies, in breast cancer survivors there is a high prevalence of metabolic syndrome; however, in Mexico data is lacking about this issue.

Goal: To explore if metabolic syndrome occurs in Mexican women survivors of breast cancer.

Material And Methods: At a second-level general hospital, women with breast cancer with a surviving > 2 years were studied.