Metabolic Syndrome and the Risk of Breast, Endometrial, and Ovarian Cancer among Postmenopausal Women in the UK Biobank
These findings underline the need for further mechanistic research to clarify potential causal relationships and to better inform public health strategies to address the increasing obesity-related cancer burden, particularly endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women.
Authors
- Úna C. McMenamin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6391-8893)
- Andrew T. Kunzmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9363-566X)
- Stuart McIntosh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4123-9611)
- Chris R. Cardwell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2689-4335)
- Heather J. Agnew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0192-7532)
- Kahandhawa Appuhamillage Madhavi Priyangika Gunathilake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9949-5717)
- Lauren McVicker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6722-2594)
Institutions
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (GB)
- University of Ulster (GB)
- Belfast City Hospital (GB)
- Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine (LK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
- Published
- 2025-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-25-0724
- Primary Topic
- Cancer Risks and Factors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00