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

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

Birth weight and height are correlated and likely to be markers of some aspect of growth that affects cancer risk in adulthood. However, birth weight adds little, if any, additional information to adult height as a predictor of cancer incidence in women.

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Main Authors: Yang, T. O., Reeves, G. K., Green, J., Beral, V., Cairns, B. J., Abbiss, Hayley, Abbott, Simon, Armstrong, Miranda, Balkwill, Angela, Benson, Vicky, Beral, Valerie, Black, Judith, Bradbury, Kathryn, Brown, Anna, Buron, Andrea, Cairns, Benjamin, Canoy, Dexter, Chadwick, Andrew, Crossley, Barbara, Crowe, Francesca, Ewart, Dave, Ewart, Sarah, Fletcher, Lee, Floud, Sarah, Gathani, Toral, Gerrard, Laura, Goodill, Adrian, Green, Jane, Guiver, Lynden, Hozak, Michal, Kan, Sau Wan, Key, Tim, Kirichek, Oksana, Kroll, Mary, Langston, Nicky, Lingard, Isobel, Luque, Maria Jose, Moser, Kath, Pank, Lynn, Pirie, Kirstin, Reeves, Gillian, Shaw, Keith, Sherman, Emma, Sherry-Starmer, Evie, Schmidt, Julie, Strange, Helena, Sweetland, Sian, Timadjer, Alison, Tipper, Sarah, Travis, Ruth, Trickett, Lyndsey, Wright, Lucy, Yang, Owen, Young, Heather
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4143092/

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4143092/

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