Almost half of women with endometrial cancer or hyperplasia do not know that obesity affects their cancer risk

Gynecologic Oncology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-75

  Beavis, Anna L ^a,b   Cheema, Simrin ^a,c   Holschneider, Christine H ^a,b   Duffy, Erin L ^b   Amneus, Malaika W ^a,b  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Endometrial hyperplasia; health literacy; Knowledge model; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

EID: 84964906150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23525789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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