Effects of chemotherapy on serum lipids in Chinese postoperative breast cancer patients

Background: Chemotherapy is one of the comprehensive treatment methods for breast cancer, nevertheless its associated adverse effects are drawing consequential attention along its substantially improving efficacy. The changes of serum lipids of breast cancer patients induced by chemotherapy have been reported by previous studies, whereby the former increases the incidence rate of cardiovascular disorders. However, the variations in the changes of serum lipids with different chemotherapy regimens have seldom been reported.