Anthropometry, body fat composition and reproductive factors and risk of oesophageal and gastric cancer by subtype and subsite in the UK Biobank cohort.
Harinakshi SanikiniDavid C MullerMarc Chadeau-HyamNeil MurphyMarc J GunterAmanda J CrossPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Obesity and abdominal obesity specifically may be a risk factor for oesophageal adenocarcinoma and gastric cardia cancer in men. Some reproductive factors may be associated with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in women.
Keyphrases
- squamous cell carcinoma
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- type diabetes
- high fat diet induced
- weight gain
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- papillary thyroid
- locally advanced
- lymph node metastasis
- squamous cell
- cross sectional
- physical activity
- skeletal muscle
- body mass index
- radiation therapy
- childhood cancer