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    Obesity as an avoidable cause of cancer (attributable risks).

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    Authors
    Renehan, Andrew G
    Soerjomataram, I
    Affiliation
    Division of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Wilmslow Road, Manchester, Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 4BX, UK
    Issue Date
    2016
    
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    Excess body weight, commonly categorised as overweight (body mass index, BMI 25.0-29.9 kg/m(2)) and obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m(2)) is an established risk factor for increased incidence of several adult cancers. As body weight is modifiable, there is a potential for cancer prevention. Calculation of attributable risk (here expressed at population attributable fraction, PAF) offers an estimate of the burden of excess cancers attributable to elevated BMI in populations, and thus an approximation of avoidable cases and the opportunity for prevention. Using counterfactual methods, the estimated PAF worldwide attributed to elevated BMI is 3.6 % or nearly half a million new cancer cases in adults (aged 30 years and older after a 10-year lag period). PAFs are higher in women compared with men (5.4 % vs. 1.9 %). Endometrial, post-menopausal breast, and colon cancers account for nearly two-thirds of cancers attributable to elevated BMI. Globally, excess body weight is the third commonest attributable risk factor for cancer (after smoking and infection); in western populations such as the UK, excess weight ranks as second commonest risk factor.
    Citation
    Obesity as an avoidable cause of cancer (attributable risks). 2016, 208:243-256 Recent Results Cancer Res
    Journal
    Recent Results in Cancer Research
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10541/620191
    DOI
    10.1007/978-3-319-42542-9_13
    PubMed ID
    27909911
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0080-0015
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1007/978-3-319-42542-9_13
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