Assessing the role of cortisol in cancer: a wide-ranged Mendelian randomisation study.

Susanna C LarssonWei-Hsuan LeeSiddhartha KarStephen Burgess Elias Allara

Published in: British journal of cancer (2021)

These results indicate that elevated plasma cortisol levels may increase the risk of endometrial cancer but not other cancers. The mechanism by which this occurs remains to be investigated.

Keyphrases

endometrial cancer
papillary thyroid
atomic force microscopy
mass spectrometry
high resolution
lymph node metastasis