Large body size and sedentary lifestyle during childhood and early adulthood and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a high-risk population

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1593-1600

  Etemadi, A ^a,b   Golozar, A ^a,b   Kamangar, F ^b,c   Freedman, N D ^b   Shakeri, R ^a   Matthews, C ^b   Islami, F ^a,d   Boffetta, P ^e,f   Brennan, P ^d   Abnet, C C ^b   Malekzadeh, R ^a   Dawsey, S M ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Obesity; Physical activity; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84861747295     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdr494     Document Type: Article

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