Adult height is associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer: a Mendelian randomisation study.
Suzanne C Dixon-SuenChristina M NagleAaron P ThriftPaul D P PharoahAilith EwingCeleste Leigh PearceQuan Longnull nullGeorgia Chenevix-TrenchPeter A FaschingMatthias W BeckmannDiether LambrechtsIgnace VergoteSandrina LambrechtsEls Van NieuwenhuysenMary Anne RossingJennifer A DohertyKristine G WicklundJenny Chang-ClaudeAudrey Y JungKirsten B MoysichKunle OdunsiMarc T GoodmanLynne R WilkensPamela J ThompsonYurii B ShvetsovThilo DörkTjoung-Won Park-SimonPeter HillemannsNatalia BogdanovaRalf ButzowHeli NevanlinnaLiisa M PelttariArto LeminenFrancesmary ModugnoRoberta B NessRobert P EdwardsJoseph L KelleyFlorian HeitzAndreas du BoisPhilipp HarterIra SchwaabBeth Y KarlanJenny LesterSandra OrsulicBobbie J RimelSusanne K KjærEstrid HøgdallAllan JensenEllen L GoodeBrooke L FridleyJulie M CunninghamStacey J WinhamGraham G GilesFiona BruinsmaRoger L MilneMelissa C SoutheyMichelle A T HildebrandtXifeng WuKaren H LuDong LiangDouglas A LevineMaria BisognaJoellen M SchildkrautAndrew BerchuckDaniel W CramerKathryn L TerryElisa V BanderaSara H OlsonHelga B SalvesenLiv Cecilie Vestrheim ThomsenReidun K KopperudLine BjorgeLambertus A KiemeneyLeon F A G MassugerTanja PejovicAmanda BrueglLinda S CookNhu D LeKenneth D SwenertonAngela Brooks-WilsonLinda E KelemenJan LubińskiTomasz HuzarskiJacek GronwaldJanusz MenkiszakNicolas WentzensenLouise A BrintonHannah YangJolanta LissowskaClaus K HøgdallLene LundvallHonglin SongJonathan P TyrerIan CampbellDiana EcclesJames PaulRosalind M GlasspoolNadeem SiddiquiAlice S WhittemoreWeiva SiehValerie McGuireJoseph H RothsteinSteven A NarodCatherine PhelanHarvey A RischJohn R McLaughlinHoda Anton-CulverArgyrios ZiogasUsha MenonSimon A GaytherSusan J RamusAleksandra Gentry-MaharajAnna H WuMalcolm C PikeChiu-Chen TsengJolanta KupryjanczykAgnieszka Dansonka-MieszkowskaAgnieszka BudzilowskaIwona K RzepeckaPenelope M Webbnull nullPublished in: British journal of cancer (2018)
Women with a genetic propensity to being taller have increased risk of ovarian cancer. This suggests genes influencing height are involved in pathways promoting ovarian carcinogenesis.