A growing link—what is the role of height in cancer risk?

A recent study has examined adult height in relation to cancer risk in a cohort of 23 million Korean adults. Taller stature was associated with higher risk of every cancer studied, except for oesophageal cancer. This association contributes to our understanding of cancer and may help aid in cancer r...

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Autor principal: Giovannucci, Edward
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Editorial
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6461981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30778142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41416-018-0370-9
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spelling pubmed-64619812020-02-19 A growing link—what is the role of height in cancer risk? Giovannucci, Edward Br J Cancer Editorial A recent study has examined adult height in relation to cancer risk in a cohort of 23 million Korean adults. Taller stature was associated with higher risk of every cancer studied, except for oesophageal cancer. This association contributes to our understanding of cancer and may help aid in cancer risk prediction. Nature Publishing Group UK 2019-02-19 2019-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6461981/ /pubmed/30778142 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41416-018-0370-9 Text en © Cancer Research UK 2019 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is published under the standard license to publish agreement. After 12 months the work will become freely available and the license terms will switch to a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
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