Associations Between Diet, Hepcidin, and Relative Dose Intensity Among Women Receiving Chemotherapy for Breast or Gynecological Cancer
This prospective, observational cohort study will evaluate the extent of associations between self-reported pro- or anti- inflammatory dietary intake patterns for one month before induction chemotherapy for gynecological cancer or neo/adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer and baseline serum hepcidin concentrations. Associations between hepcidin concentration and relative dose intensity (RDI) of chemotherapy will also be evaluated.
• Have been diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, OR
• Have been diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer, OR
• Have been diagnosed with endometrial cancer
• Are chemotherapy-naïve
• Are scheduled to receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy (or adjuvant chemotherapy following lumpectomy for breast cancer patients) or neoadjuvant/induction chemotherapy for gynecological cancer at GW Cancer Center