Obesity and "obesity-related" cancers: are there body mass index cut-points?
Jacqueline A MurthaNatalie LiuJen BirstlerBret M HanlonManasa VenkateshLawrence P HanrahanTudor BorzaDavid M KushnerLuke M FunkPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2022)
BMI cut-points that accurately predicted development kidney and uterine cancer occurred in the overweight category. Analysis of multi-institutional EHR data may help determine if these relationships are generalizable to other health care settings. If they are, incorporation of BMI into the screening algorithms for these cancers may be warranted.