Ovarian cancer and body size: individual participant meta-analysis including 25,157 women with ovarian cancer from 47 epidemiological studies.

Ovarian cancer and body size: individual participant meta-analysis including 25,157 women with ovarian cancer from 47 epidemiological studies.

<h4>Background</h4>Only about half the studies that have collected information on the relevance of women's height and body mass index to their risk of developing ovarian cancer have published their results, and findings are inconsistent. Here, we bring together the worldwide evidenc...

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Main Author: Collaborative Group on Epidemiological Studies of Ovarian Cancer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22606070/?tool=EBI

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