Association of Obesity with Risk of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer among Women

JAMA Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 37-44

  Liu, Po Hong ^a   Wu, Kana ^b   Ng, Kimmie ^c   Zauber, Ann G ^d   Nguyen, Long H ^a   Song, Mingyang ^a,b   He, Xiaosheng ^a   Fuchs, Charles S ^e   Ogino, Shuji ^b,c,f,g   Willett, Walter C ^b,c   Chan, Andrew T ^a,b,c,g   Giovannucci, Edward L ^b   Cao, Yin ^a,h,i  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY CANCER; ENDOSCOPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTOR; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 85054958389     PISSN: 23742437     EISSN: 23742445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.4280     Document Type: Article

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