Quantification of the smoking-associated cancer risk with rate advancement periods: meta-analysis of individual participant data from cohorts of the CHANCES consortium

Smoking is the most important individual risk factor for many cancer sites but its association with breast and prostate cancer is not entirely clear. Rate advancement periods (RAPs) may enhance communication of smoking related risk to the general population. Thus, we estimated RAPs for the associati...

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Main Authors: Ordóñez-Mena, J, Schöttker, B, Mons, U, Jenab, M, Freisling, H, Bueno-de-Mesquita, B, O'Doherty, MG, Scott, A, Kee, F, Stricker, B, Hofman, A, de Keyser, C, Ruiter, R, Söderberg, S, Jousilahti, P, Kuulasmaa, K, Freedman, N, Wilsgaard, T, de Groot, L, Kampman, E, Håkansson, N, Orsini, N, Wolk, A, Nilsson, L, Tjønneland, A, Pająk, A, Malyutina, S, Kubínová, R, Tamosiunas, A, Bobak, M, Katsoulis, M, Orfanos, P, Boffetta, P, Trichopoulou, A, Brenner, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2016