Tall height and obesity are associated with an increased risk of aggressive prostate cancer: results from the EPIC cohort study

Tall height and obesity are associated with an increased risk of aggressive prostate cancer: results from the EPIC cohort study

Abstract Background The relationship between body size and prostate cancer risk, and in particular risk by tumour characteristics, is not clear because most studies have not differentiated between high-grade or advanced stage tumours, but rather have assessed risk with a combined category of aggress...

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Main Authors: Aurora Perez-Cornago, Paul N. Appleby, Tobias Pischon, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Anne Tjønneland, Anja Olsen, Kim Overvad, Rudolf Kaaks, Tilman Kühn, Heiner Boeing, Annika Steffen, Antonia Trichopoulou, Pagona Lagiou, Maria Kritikou, Vittorio Krogh, Domenico Palli, Carlotta Sacerdote, Rosario Tumino, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Antonio Agudo, Nerea Larrañaga, Elena Molina-Portillo, Aurelio Barricarte, Maria-Dolores Chirlaque, J. Ramón Quirós, Pär Stattin, Christel Häggström, Nick Wareham, Kay-Tee Khaw, Julie A. Schmidt, Marc Gunter, Heinz Freisling, Dagfinn Aune, Heather Ward, Elio Riboli, Timothy J. Key, Ruth C. Travis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Adiposity
Obesity
Height
Prostate cancer
Cohort study
Tumour characteristics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0876-7

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