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Materials and Methods: This is a pretest-posttest study in recently diagnosed nonmetastatic BCP undergoing antineoplastic treatment, free of co-morbidities and dietary supplementation. Body composition was assessed at baseline and 6 months after an individualized nutrition intervention program, by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and BIVA. According to BIVA, each participant was located in the bivariate tolerance ellipses for Mexican population (50%, 75%, and 95%). In clinical practice, the 50% and 75% ellipses are considered within normality ranges. Results: Nine nonmetastatic BCP completed the intervention and were included in the analysis. After the intervention, they decreased by 5.8 kg of body weight (IQR, 3\u20136; p &lt; 0.05), 3.8 kg of fat mass (IQR, 0.1\u20134.2; p &lt; 0.05), and 1.4 kg of fat-free mass (IQR, \u22120.1 to 4; p &lt; 0.05) while appendicular skeletal muscle mass remained unchanged (\u22120.2 kg, IQR, \u22120.8 to 2.3; p = 0.4). Using BIVA at baseline, five participants were among the 50% and 75% ellipses, mainly located in the area corresponding to edema and low lean tissue, two in the cachexia quadrant and two in the athletic quadrant (\u226595% ellipse). After 6 months of intervention, six out of nine participants were in the athletic quadrant and eight of nine BCP were above the 5\u00b0 phase angle cut-off point. One patient initially presented cachexia (\u226595% ellipse); at postintervention her vector changed to the 50% ellipse. Conclusions: An individualized nutrition intervention program designed for nonmetastatic BCP was effective to improve the nutritional status of BCP as assessed by BIVA, therefore BIVA can be a useful tool to monitor changes in nonmetastatic BCP body composition in research and clinical practice.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina55100663","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,30]],"date-time":"2019-09-30T13:16:41Z","timestamp":1569849401000},"page":"663","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Bioelectric Impedance Vector Analysis (BIVA) in Breast Cancer Patients: A Tool for Research and Clinical Practice"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"55","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4811-5304","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ana Teresa","family":"Limon-Miro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nutrition, Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo A.C. 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