Obesity and gynaecological cancer

Menopause International

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-37

  Lane, Geoffrey ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Gynaecological cancer; Obesity; Ovarian cancer; Overweight

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VULVA CANCER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 47249129978     PISSN: 13621807     EISSN: 17404568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/mi.2007.007036     Document Type: Review

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