Reevaluating the fraction of cancer attributable to excess weight: overcoming the hidden impact of prediagnostic weight loss
The proportion of cancers attributable to excess weight is likely substantially larger than previously estimated based on cohort studies with short follow-up time or no or only limited exclusion of the early years of follow-up from the analyses.
Authors
- Marko Mandic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7372-8284)
- Fatemeh Safizadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3293-9499)
- Michael Hoffmeister (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8307-3197)
- Hermann Brenner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6129-1572)
Institutions
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-024-01146-0
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cancer Risks and Factors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.28