A systematic review of the impact of weight loss on cancer incidence and mortality

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 868-891

  Birks, S ^a   Peeters, A ^a   Backholer, K ^a   O'Brien, P ^a   Brown, W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLICATION; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERUS CANCER; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84866747124     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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