Is obesity a risk factor for prostate cancer?

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 726-728

  Goldstraw, Miles A ^a   Besrani, Dler ^b   Amoroso, Peter ^b,c   Kirby, Roger S ^b,c  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b London Clinic Cancer Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Prostate Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; LEPTIN;

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548448175     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07041.x     Document Type: Note

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