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Body mass index in early adulthood and endometrial cancer risk for mismatch repair gene mutation carriers.
Obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Apr 2011
Win Aung Ko, Dowty James G, Antill Yoland C, English Dallas R, Baron John A, Young Joanne P, Giles Graham G, Southey Melissa C, Winship Ingrid, Lipton Lara, Parry Susan, Thibodeau Stephen N, Haile Robert W, Gallinger Steven, Le Marchand Loïc, Lindor Noralane M, Newcomb Polly A, Hopper John L, Jenkins Mark A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of body mass index (BMI) in early adulthood and endometrial cancer risk for carriers of a germline mutation in a DNA mismatch repair gene. METHODS: We estimated the association between BMI at age 18-20 years and endometrial cancer risk for mismatch repair gene mutation carriers and, as a comparison group, noncarriers using 601 female carriers of a germline mutation in a...
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