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Anthropometric measures and risk of ovarian cancer among BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Jun 2012
McGee Jacob, Kotsopoulos Joanne, Lubinski Jan, Lynch Henry T, Rosen Barry, Tung Nadine, Kim-Sing Charmaine, Karlan Beth, Foulkes William D, Ainsworth Peter, Ghadirian Parviz, Senter Leigha, Eisen Andrea, Sun Ping, Narod Steven A
Abstract excerpt
Studies conducted among women in the general population suggest that various anthropometric measures, including height and weight, may be associated with the risk of developing ovarian cancer. Whether such an association exists among women who carry a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation has not been evaluated. Thus, we investigated the association between height, weight, changes in body weight, and BMI, and the risk of...
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