Excess body adiposity, commonly expressed as body mass index (BMI), is a risk factor for
many common adult cancers. Over the past decade, epidemiological data have shown that …

Thyroid cancer incidence has increased rapidly over time, as has obesity prevalence. A link
between the two appears plausible, but the relation of adiposity to thyroid cancer remains …

Abstract The Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) is an ongoing primary care
database of anonymised medical records from general practitioners, with coverage of over …

Background The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD
2013) is the first of a series of annual updates of the GBD. Risk factor quantification …

Background High body-mass index (BMI; defined as 25 kg/m 2 or greater) is associated with
increased risk of cancer. To inform public health policy and future research, we estimated …

Background Greater body mass index (BMI) has been convincingly related to increased
endometrial cancer risk, however, whether adiposity earlier in life or abdominal fatness is an …

The global incidence of cancer is expected to increase substantially over the next decades.
This trend is very much driven by a rise in lifestyle-related cancers due to economic and …

Background Bariatric surgery is becoming a more widespread treatment for obesity.
Comprehensive evidence of the long-term effects of contemporary surgery on a broad range …

Aim It has been suggested that chronic hyperinsulinemia from insulin resistance is involved
in the etiology of endometrial cancer (EC). We performed a systematic review and meta …

Objective: Whether adiposity and lack of physical activity affect the risk for developing
meningioma and glioma is poorly understood. Our objective was to characterize these …