Body size and breast cancer risk: Findings from the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC)

H. Lahmann, Petra; Hoffmann, Kurt; E. Allen, Naomi; H. van Gils, Carla; Khaw, Kay‐Tee; Téhard, B.; Berrino, Franco; Tjønneland, Anne; Bigaard, Janne; Olsen, Anja; Overvad, Kim; Clavel‐Chapelon, Françoise; Nagel, Gabriele; Boeing, Heiner; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; C. Economou, George; Bellos, George; Palli, Domenico; ­Tumino, ­Rosario; Panico, Salvatore; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Krogh, Vittorio; H. Peeters, Petra; Bas Bueno‐de‐Mesquita, H.; Lund, Eiliv; Ardanáz, Eva; Amiano, Pilar; Pera, Guillem; Ramón Quirós, J.; Martínez, Carmen; José Tormo, María; Wirfält, Elisabet; Berglund, Göran; Hallmans, Göran; J. Key, Timothy; Reeves, Gillian; Bingham, Sheila; Norat, Teresa; Biessy, Carine; Kaaks, Rudolf; Ríboli, Elio

doi:10.1002/ijc.20315

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Body size and breast cancer risk: Findings from the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC)

Published in International Journal of Cancer • May 17, 2004

Authors:

Petra H. Lahmann

Kurt Hoffmann

Naomi E. Allen

Abstract

The evidence for anthropometric factors influencing breast cancer risk is accumulating, but uncertainties remain concerning the role of fat distribution and potential effect modifiers. We used data from 73,542 premenopausal and 103,344 postmenopausal women from 9 European countries, taking part in t...

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European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

Breast cancer

EPIC

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