Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5·24 million UK adults
General Info
Time period covered
January, 1989 - December, 2010
Data type
Scientific literature
Keywords
Body mass index, Brain and nervous system cancers, Breast cancer, Cancers, Cervix uteri cancer, Colon and rectum cancers, Corpus uteri cancer, Gallbladder and biliary tract cancers, Kidney and other urinary organ cancers, Leukemia, Liver cancer, Melanoma, Mouth cancer, Multiple myeloma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Obesity, Oesophagus cancer, Ovary cancer, Pancreas cancer, Prostate cancer, Stomach cancer, Thyroid cancer, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers
Citation
Journal
Lancet
Pages
755-65
Publication year
2014
Suggested citation
Bhaskaran K, Douglas I, Forbes H, dos-Santos-Silva I, Leon DA, Smeeth L. Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5·24 million UK adults. Lancet. 2014; 384(9945): 755-65.