Body mass index in relation to ovarian cancer survival

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1307-1310

  Zhang, Min ^a,b   Xie, Xing ^c   Lee, Andy H ^b   Binns, Colin W ^b   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARCINOMA; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OBESITY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18544390374     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0519     Document Type: Article

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