• Body size indicators and risk of gallbladder cancer: Pooled analysis of individual-level data from 19 prospective cohort studies 

      Campbell, Peter T.; Newton, Christina C.; Kitahara, Cari M.; Patel, Alpa V.; Hartge, Patricia; Koshiol, Jill; McGlynn, Katherine A.; Adami, Hans Olov; de González, Amy Berrington; Freeman, Laura E. Beane; Bernstein, Leslie; Buring, Julie E.; Freedman, Neal D.; Gao, Yu-Tang; Giles, Graham G.; Gunter, Mark J.; Jenab, Mazda; Liao, Linda M.; Milne, Roger L.; Robien, Kim; Sandler, Dale P.; Schairer, Catherine; Sesso, Howard D.; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Wolk, Alicja; Xiang, Yong-Bing; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Zheng, Wei; Gapstur, Susan M. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-03-17)
      Background: There are few established risk factors for gallbladder cancer beyond gallstones. Recent studies suggest a higher risk with high body mass index (BMI), an indicator of general heaviness, but evidence from other body size measures is lacking. <br> Methods: Associations of adult BMI, young adult BMI, height, adult weight gain, waist circumference (WC), waist–height ratio (WHtR), hip ...
    • Pooled analysis of active cigarette smoking and invasive breast cancer risk in 14 cohort studies 

      Gaudet, Mia M.; Carter, Brian D.; Brinton, Louise A.; Falk, Roni T.; Gram, Inger Torhild; Luo, Juhua; Milne, Roger L.; Nyante, Sarah J.; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Freeman, Laura E. Beane; Sandler, Dale P.; Robien, Kim; Anderson, Kristin E.; Giles, Graham G.; Chen, Wendy Y.; Feskanich, Diane; Braaten, Tonje; Isaacs, Claudine; Butler, Lesley M.; Koh, Woon-Puay; Wolk, Alicja; Adami, Hans Olov; White, Emily; Margolis, Karen L.; Thun, Michael J.; Gapstur, Susan M. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-12-19)
      <p><i>Background</i>: The 2014 US Surgeon General’s report noted research gaps necessary to determine a causal relationship between active cigarette smoking and invasive breast cancer risk, including the role of alcohol consumption, timing of exposure, modification by menopausal status and heterogeneity by oestrogen receptor (ER) status.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: To address these issues, we pooled ...