Anthropometric factors and the risk of ovarian cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Bernadette EllwangerSusanne Schüler-ToprakCarmen JochemMichael F LeitzmannHansjoerg Baurecht

Published in: Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) (2022)

Obesity is associated with increased ovarian cancer risk. That relation is largely due to a positive association between adiposity and ovarian cancer among premenopausal but not postmenopausal women and among cases with mucinous and clear cell but not serous or endometrioid histology.

Keyphrases

postmenopausal women
clear cell
bone mineral density
insulin resistance
high grade
metabolic syndrome
weight gain
weight loss
body composition
low grade
endometrial cancer
adipose tissue
high fat diet induced