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dc.contributor.authorAndersson, Therese M.-L.
dc.contributor.authorWeiderpass, Elisabete
dc.contributor.authorEngholm, Gerda
dc.contributor.authorLund, Anne-Sofie Q.
dc.contributor.authorÓlafsdóttir, Elínborg Jóna
dc.contributor.authorPukkala, Eero
dc.contributor.authorStenbeck, Magnus
dc.contributor.authorStorm, Hans
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-20T08:21:44Z
dc.date.available2018-04-20T08:21:44Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-03
dc.description.abstractBackground: <br>Several types of cancers are causally linked to overweight and obesity which are increasing in the Nordic countries. The aim of this study was to quantify the proportion of the cancer burden linked to overweight and obesity in the Nordic countries and estimate the potential for cancer prevention.<br> Methods: <br>Under different prevalence scenarios of overweight and obesity, numbers of cancers in the Nordic countries in the coming 30 years (2016-2045) were estimated for 13 cancer sites, and compared to the projected number of cancers if the prevalence stayed constant. The Prevent macrosimulation model was used.<br> Results: <br>Over the period 2016-2045, 205,000 cancer cases out of the 2.1 million expected for the 13 studied cancer sites (9.5%) could be avoided in the Nordic countries.by totally eliminating overweight and obesity. The largest proportional impact was found for esophageal adenocarcinoma (24%), and the highest absolute impacts was observed for colon (44638) and postmenopausal breast cancer (41135). <br> Conclusion: <br>Decreased prevalence of overweight and obesity would reduce the cancer burden in the Nordic countries. The results from this study form an important step to increase awareness and priorities in cancer control by controlling overweight and obesity.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipDanish Cancer Society and Nordic Cancer Union (NCU)en_US
dc.descriptionSubmitted manuscript version. Published version available in <a href=http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2017.03.028> European Journal of Cancer (2017), 79, 106-118. </a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationAndersson, T. M., Weiderpass, E., Engholm, G., Lund, A-S. Q., Ólafsdóttir, E. J., Pukkala, E., Stenbeck, M. & Storm, H. (2017). Avoidable cancer cases in the Nordic countries - The impact of overweight and obesity. European Journal of Cancer. 79, 106-118. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2017.03.028en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1488354
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ejca.2017.03.028
dc.identifier.issn0959-8049
dc.identifier.issn1879-0852
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/12560
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalEuropean Journal of Cancer
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Onkologi: 762en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Oncology: 762en_US
dc.titleAvoidable cancer cases in the Nordic countries - The impact of overweight and obesityen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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