Tall height and obesity are associated with an increased risk of aggressive prostate cancer: results from the EPIC cohort study

Tall height and obesity are associated with an increased risk of aggressive prostate cancer: results from the EPIC cohort study

<h4>Background</h4> <p>The relationships between body size and prostate cancer risk, and in particular risk by tumour characteristics, are not clear because most studies have not differentiated between tumours that are high grade and those that are advanced stage, but rather have...

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Main Authors: Perez-Cornago, A, Appleby, P, Pischon, T, Tsilidis, K, Tjønneland, A, Olsen, A, Overvad, K, Kaaks, R, Kühn, T, Boeing, H, Steffen, A, Trichopoulou, A, Lagiou, P, Kritikou, M, Krough, V, Palli, D, Sacerdote, C, Tumino, R, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H, Agudo, A, Larrañaga, N, Molina-Portillo, E, Barricarte, A, Chirlaque, M, Quirós, J, Stattin, P, Häggström, C, Wareham, N, Khaw, K, Schmidt, J, Gunter, M, Freisling, H, Aune, D, Ward, H, Riboli, E, Key, T, Travis, R
Format: Journal article
Published: BioMed Central 2017

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