Physical activity and risk of endometrial adenocarcinoma in the Nurses' Health Study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2707-2716

  Du, Mengmeng ^a,b,c   Kraft, Peter ^d   Eliassen, A Heather ^c,d   Giovannucci, Edward ^c,d   Hankinson, Susan E ^c,e   De Vivo, Immaculata ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

endometrial adenocarcinoma; endometrial cancer; exercise; physical activity; prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; WALKING;

ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIAL CANCER; EXERCISE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NURSES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896393467     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28599     Document Type: Article

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