Birth weight and adult cancer incidence: Large prospective study and meta-analysis

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1836-1843

  Yang, T O ^a   Reeves, G K ^a   Green, J ^a   Beral, V ^a   Cairns, B J ^a   Abbiss, Hayley ^b   Abbott, Simon ^b   Armstrong, Miranda ^b   Balkwill, Angela ^b   Benson, Vicky ^b   Black, Judith ^b   Bradbury, Kathryn ^b   Brown, Anna ^b   Buron, Andrea ^b   Cairns, Benjamin ^b   Canoy, Dexter ^b   Chadwick, Andrew ^b   Crossley, Barbara ^b   Crowe, Francesca ^b   Ewart, Dave ^b   Ewart, Sarah ^b   Fletcher, Lee ^b   Floud, Sarah ^b   Gathani, Toral ^b   Gerrard, Laura ^b   Goodill, Adrian ^b   Guiver, Lynden ^b   Hozak, Michal ^b   Kan, Sau Wan ^b   Key, Tim ^b   Kirichek, Oksana ^b   Kroll, Mary ^b   Langston, Nicky ^b   Lingard, Isobel ^b   Luque, Maria Jose ^b   Moser, Kath ^b   Pank, Lynn ^b   Pirie, Kirstin ^b   Shaw, Keith ^b   Sherman, Emma ^b   Sherry Starmer, Evie ^b   Schmidt, Julie ^b   Strange, Helena ^b   Sweetland, Sian ^b   Timadjer, Alison ^b   Tipper, Sarah ^b   Travis, Ruth ^b   Trickett, Lyndsey ^b   Wright, Lucy ^b   Young, Heather ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birth weight; Cancer; Growth; Height

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST MILK; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MELANOMA; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; META ANALYSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PARENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTOR;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84906847076     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu214     Document Type: Article

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