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

M Ordóñez-Mena, José; Schöttker, Ben; Mons, Ute; Jenab, Mazda; Freisling, Heinz; Bueno‐de‐Mesquita, Bas; G. O’Doherty, Mark; Scott, Angela; Kee, Frank; H. Stricker, Bruno; Hofman, Albert; E. de Keyser, Catherine; Ruiter, Rikje; Söderberg, Stefan; Jousilahti, Pekka; Kuulasmaa, Kari; D. Freedman, Neal; Wilsgaard, Tom; de Groot, C.P.G.M.; Kampman, Ellen; Håkansson, Niclas; Orsini, Nicola; Wolk, Alicja; Nilsson, Lena; Tjønneland, Anne; Pająk, Andrzej; Malyutina, Sofia; Kubínová, Růžena; Tamošiūnas, Abdonas; Bobák, Martin; Katsoulis, Michail; Orfanos, Philippos; Boffetta, Paolo; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Brenner, Hermann

doi:10.1186/s12916-016-0607-5

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

Published in BMC Medicine • Mar 31, 2016

Authors:

José M Ordóñez-Mena

Ben Schöttker

Ute Mons

Abstract

BACKGROUND: 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 t...

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Medicine

Meta-analysis

Gerontology

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