Published in Cancer Causes Control on September 01, 2006
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels are associated with breslow thickness at presentation and survival from melanoma. J Clin Oncol (2009) 2.85
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Adipokines as novel biomarkers and regulators of the metabolic syndrome. Ann N Y Acad Sci (2010) 2.16
Body mass index and risk of lung cancer among never, former, and current smokers. J Natl Cancer Inst (2012) 2.13
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Obesity and thyroid cancer risk among U.S. men and women: a pooled analysis of five prospective studies. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2011) 1.86
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Nonradiation risk factors for thyroid cancer in the US Radiologic Technologists Study. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 1.74
Body size and renal cell cancer incidence in a large US cohort study. Am J Epidemiol (2008) 1.64
Cancer incidence and mortality after gastric bypass surgery. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2009) 1.64
The role of adipose tissue and adipokines in obesity-related inflammatory diseases. Mediators Inflamm (2010) 1.59
Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, and melanoma: UK case-control comparisons and a meta-analysis of published VDR data. Eur J Cancer (2009) 1.42
A prospective study of BMI and risk of oesophageal and gastric adenocarcinoma. Eur J Cancer (2008) 1.41
Role of visceral adipose tissue in aging. Biochim Biophys Acta (2009) 1.38
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The relationship between body mass index and thyroid cancer pathology features and outcomes: a clinicopathological cohort study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2010) 1.22
Associations between anthropometry, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. Am J Epidemiol (2010) 1.21
Body mass index, effect modifiers, and risk of pancreatic cancer: a pooled study of seven prospective cohorts. Cancer Causes Control (2010) 1.21
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A prospective cohort study of obesity and risk of oesophageal and gastric adenocarcinoma in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. Gut (2011) 1.14
Variations in Adipokine Genes AdipoQ, Lep, and LepR are Associated with Risk for Obesity-Related Metabolic Disease: The Modulatory Role of Gene-Nutrient Interactions. J Obes (2011) 1.10
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Renal cell cancer among African Americans: an epidemiologic review. BMC Cancer (2011) 1.01
Adipocytes Promote B16BL6 Melanoma Cell Invasion and the Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition. Cancer Microenviron (2011) 1.00
Body mass index, agricultural pesticide use, and cancer incidence in the Agricultural Health Study cohort. Cancer Causes Control (2010) 0.99
Body mass index and cancer incidence: the FINRISK study. Eur J Epidemiol (2014) 0.98
Cytokine polymorphisms in Th1/Th2 pathway genes, body mass index, and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood (2010) 0.97
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Obesity and risk of thyroid cancer: evidence from a meta-analysis of 21 observational studies. Med Sci Monit (2015) 0.92
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The association between obesity factor and esophageal caner. J Gastrointest Oncol (2012) 0.90
The maternal womb: a novel target for cancer prevention in the era of the obesity pandemic? Eur J Cancer Prev (2011) 0.88
Voluntary exercise together with oral caffeine markedly stimulates UVB light-induced apoptosis and decreases tissue fat in SKH-1 mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 0.87
Is increased body mass index associated with the incidence of testicular germ cell cancer? J Cancer Res Clin Oncol (2008) 0.86
Overweight, obesity and meningioma risk: a meta-analysis. PLoS One (2014) 0.86
Body fat distribution, weight change during adulthood, and thyroid cancer risk in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. Int J Cancer (2011) 0.86
Ob/ob serum promotes a mesenchymal cell phenotype in B16BL6 melanoma cells. Clin Exp Metastasis (2011) 0.86
Obesity and risk of bladder cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis of 15 cohort studies. PLoS One (2015) 0.85
Excess body mass index and risk of liver cancer: a nonlinear dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies. PLoS One (2012) 0.85
Physical activity, diabetes, and thyroid cancer risk: a pooled analysis of five prospective studies. Cancer Causes Control (2012) 0.84
The skinny on obesity and plasma cell myeloma: a review of the literature. Bone Marrow Transplant (2014) 0.84
Body mass index and risk of primary liver cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective studies. Oncologist (2012) 0.83
Body Mass Index and Risk of Gallbladder Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. Nutrients (2015) 0.83
Influence of BMI on short-term surgical outcome after colorectal cancer surgery: a study based on the Swedish national quality registry. Int J Colorectal Dis (2015) 0.82
Association of body mass index with chromosome damage levels and lung cancer risk among males. Sci Rep (2015) 0.82
Polymorphisms in DNA repair pathway genes, body mass index, and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Am J Hematol (2013) 0.81
Prognostic factors in patients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma: role of surgery, chemotherapy and body mass index. World J Gastroenterol (2008) 0.81
Gastrointestinal issues in the assessment and management of the obese patient. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y) (2007) 0.80
The insulin and igf-I pathway in endocrine glands carcinogenesis. J Oncol (2012) 0.80
The association between BMI and gallbladder cancer risk: a meta-analysis. Oncotarget (2016) 0.80
Body mass index and risk of pancreatic cancer in a Chinese population. PLoS One (2014) 0.79
The association between change in body mass index and upper aerodigestive tract cancers in the ARCAGE project: multicenter case-control study. Int J Cancer (2011) 0.79
Barrett's metaplasia and colonic neoplasms: a significant association in a 203,534-patient study. Dig Dis Sci (2013) 0.79
Body mass index and weight change during adulthood are associated with increased mortality from liver cancer: the JACC Study. J Epidemiol (2013) 0.78
Obesity and Risk for Brain/CNS Tumors, Gliomas and Meningiomas: A Meta-Analysis. PLoS One (2015) 0.78
Meta-analysis in the association between obesity and risk of thyroid cancer. Int J Clin Exp Med (2014) 0.78
Prohibitin-induced, obesity-associated insulin resistance and accompanying low-grade inflammation causes NASH and HCC. Sci Rep (2016) 0.78
Body mass index change in adulthood and lung and upper aerodigestive tract cancers. Int J Cancer (2012) 0.77
Body size and risk of Hodgkin's lymphoma by age and gender: a population-based case-control study in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Cancer Causes Control (2012) 0.77
General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in HBV Versus Non-HBV Carriers: A 10-Year Population-based Cohort Study. Medicine (Baltimore) (2016) 0.77
All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Associated with Bariatric Surgery: A Review. Curr Atheroscler Rep (2015) 0.77
Risk Factors for Pancreatic Cancer in China: A Multicenter Case-Control Study. J Epidemiol (2015) 0.76
Anthropometry and the Risk of Lung Cancer in EPIC. Am J Epidemiol (2016) 0.76
A survey of the educational environment for oncologists as perceived by surgical oncology professionals in India. World J Surg Oncol (2012) 0.75
Availability and utility of body mass index for population-based cancer surveillance. Cancer Causes Control (2007) 0.75
Fetal growth and subsequent maternal risk of thyroid cancer. Int J Cancer (2015) 0.75
Targeting p110gamma in gastrointestinal cancers: attack on multiple fronts. Front Physiol (2014) 0.75
Body Size Indicators and Risk of Gallbladder Cancer: Pooled Analysis of Individual-Level Data from 19 Prospective Cohort Studies. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2017) 0.75
Body mass index and risk of brain tumors: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis. Eur J Clin Nutr (2016) 0.75
Obesity Does Not Modify the Risk of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in a Cytological Series of Thyroid Nodules. Eur Thyroid J (2016) 0.75
Body Mass Index Can Increase the Risk of Gallbladder Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of 14 Cohort Studies. Med Sci Monit Basic Res (2016) 0.75
Comparison of Survival Rates, Tumor Stages, and Localization in between Obese and Nonobese Patients with Gastric Cancer. Gastroenterol Res Pract (2016) 0.75
Influence of obesity and bariatric surgery on gastric cancer. Cancer Biol Med (2016) 0.75
Trends in childhood leukemia incidence over two decades from 1992 to 2013. Int J Cancer (2016) 0.75
Role of BMI and hormone therapy in melanoma risk: a case-control study. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol (2017) 0.75
A genome-wide association study identifies alleles in FGFR2 associated with risk of sporadic postmenopausal breast cancer. Nat Genet (2007) 22.96
Genome-wide association study of prostate cancer identifies a second risk locus at 8q24. Nat Genet (2007) 21.18
Multiple loci identified in a genome-wide association study of prostate cancer. Nat Genet (2008) 17.65
Replicating genotype-phenotype associations. Nature (2007) 16.11
A multistage genome-wide association study in breast cancer identifies two new risk alleles at 1p11.2 and 14q24.1 (RAD51L1). Nat Genet (2009) 8.39
Dietary and supplemental calcium intake and cardiovascular disease mortality: the National Institutes of Health-AARP diet and health study. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 7.30
The Shanghai Women's Health Study: rationale, study design, and baseline characteristics. Am J Epidemiol (2005) 6.44
Incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus among white Americans by sex, stage, and age. J Natl Cancer Inst (2008) 6.00
A genome-wide association study of lung cancer identifies a region of chromosome 5p15 associated with risk for adenocarcinoma. Am J Hum Genet (2009) 5.62
Spectrum of cancer risk among US solid organ transplant recipients. JAMA (2011) 4.99
A genome-wide association study identifies pancreatic cancer susceptibility loci on chromosomes 13q22.1, 1q32.1 and 5p15.33. Nat Genet (2010) 4.89
Improved identification of von Hippel-Lindau gene alterations in clear cell renal tumors. Clin Cancer Res (2008) 4.02
A multi-stage genome-wide association study of bladder cancer identifies multiple susceptibility loci. Nat Genet (2010) 3.93
Identification of a new prostate cancer susceptibility locus on chromosome 8q24. Nat Genet (2009) 3.76
Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer. Nat Genet (2012) 3.69
Increased risk of noncardia gastric cancer associated with proinflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms. Gastroenterology (2003) 3.58
A shared susceptibility locus in PLCE1 at 10q23 for gastric adenocarcinoma and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Nat Genet (2010) 3.53
GWAS meta-analysis and replication identifies three new susceptibility loci for ovarian cancer. Nat Genet (2013) 3.42
Randomized double-blind factorial trial of three treatments to reduce the prevalence of precancerous gastric lesions. J Natl Cancer Inst (2006) 3.36
Risk of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and subsequent multiple myeloma among African American and white veterans in the United States. Blood (2005) 3.25
Population attributable risks of esophageal and gastric cancers. J Natl Cancer Inst (2003) 3.07
Risk of cancer after blood transfusion from donors with subclinical cancer: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet (2007) 3.00
Genome-wide association study of renal cell carcinoma identifies two susceptibility loci on 2p21 and 11q13.3. Nat Genet (2010) 2.96
Cancer incidence in a population-based cohort of individuals hospitalized with celiac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis. Gastroenterology (2002) 2.94
Environmental causes of esophageal cancer. Gastroenterol Clin North Am (2009) 2.80
Age-specific trends in incidence of noncardia gastric cancer in US adults. JAMA (2010) 2.78
Identification of new genetic risk variants for type 2 diabetes. PLoS Genet (2010) 2.62
Night-shift work and breast cancer risk in a cohort of Chinese women. Am J Epidemiol (2010) 2.48
Variation in KLK genes, prostate-specific antigen and risk of prostate cancer. Nat Genet (2008) 2.45
Lung cancer following chemotherapy and radiotherapy for Hodgkin's disease. J Natl Cancer Inst (2002) 2.44
Mortality from lymphohematopoietic malignancies and brain cancer among embalmers exposed to formaldehyde. J Natl Cancer Inst (2009) 2.42
A case-control study of smoking and bladder cancer risk: emergent patterns over time. J Natl Cancer Inst (2009) 2.40
Risk of new cancers after radiotherapy in long-term survivors of retinoblastoma: an extended follow-up. J Clin Oncol (2005) 2.37
Obesity and cancer risk among white and black United States veterans. Cancer Causes Control (2004) 2.36
Association of leukocyte telomere length with breast cancer risk: nested case-control findings from the Shanghai Women's Health Study. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 2.34
Occupational exposure to formaldehyde, hematotoxicity, and leukemia-specific chromosome changes in cultured myeloid progenitor cells. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2010) 2.34
Predictors of global methylation levels in blood DNA of healthy subjects: a combined analysis. Int J Epidemiol (2010) 2.34
Risk of soft tissue sarcomas by individual subtype in survivors of hereditary retinoblastoma. J Natl Cancer Inst (2007) 2.32
Genome-wide association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci in never-smoking women in Asia. Nat Genet (2012) 2.26
Progress in chemoprevention drug development: the promise of molecular biomarkers for prevention of intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer--a plan to move forward. Clin Cancer Res (2006) 2.24
Risk of cancer in a large cohort of U.S. veterans with diabetes. Int J Cancer (2011) 2.23
Overall survival advantage with partial nephrectomy: a bias of observational data? Cancer (2013) 2.21
Genome-wide association study identifies two susceptibility loci for osteosarcoma. Nat Genet (2013) 2.21
Trends in U.S. pleural mesothelioma incidence rates following simian virus 40 contamination of early poliovirus vaccines. J Natl Cancer Inst (2003) 2.19
Carbonated soft drink consumption and risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma. J Natl Cancer Inst (2006) 2.08
Common genetic polymorphisms modify the effect of smoking on absolute risk of bladder cancer. Cancer Res (2013) 1.99
Obesity is associated with an increased risk of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance among black and white women. Blood (2010) 1.98
A functional polymorphism of toll-like receptor 4 gene increases risk of gastric carcinoma and its precursors. Gastroenterology (2006) 1.98
Genome-wide association study of glioma and meta-analysis. Hum Genet (2012) 1.96
Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and the risk of rarer cancers: Design and methods of the Cohort Consortium Vitamin D Pooling Project of Rarer Cancers. Am J Epidemiol (2010) 1.95
A geographic analysis of prostate cancer mortality in the United States, 1970-89. Int J Cancer (2002) 1.94
Distribution of allele frequencies and effect sizes and their interrelationships for common genetic susceptibility variants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011) 1.93
Autoimmunity and susceptibility to Hodgkin lymphoma: a population-based case-control study in Scandinavia. J Natl Cancer Inst (2006) 1.90
The 5p15.33 locus is associated with risk of lung adenocarcinoma in never-smoking females in Asia. PLoS Genet (2010) 1.90
Causes of death in patients with celiac disease in a population-based Swedish cohort. Arch Intern Med (2003) 1.88
Fifteen-year effects of Helicobacter pylori, garlic, and vitamin treatments on gastric cancer incidence and mortality. J Natl Cancer Inst (2012) 1.88
Obesity and cancer: Mendelian randomization approach utilizing the FTO genotype. Int J Epidemiol (2009) 1.87
Genome-wide association study identifies multiple risk loci for chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Nat Genet (2013) 1.85
Fine mapping of chromosome 6q23-25 region in familial lung cancer families reveals RGS17 as a likely candidate gene. Clin Cancer Res (2009) 1.83
Fine mapping and functional analysis of a common variant in MSMB on chromosome 10q11.2 associated with prostate cancer susceptibility. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.81
Deep vein thrombosis after monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and multiple myeloma. Blood (2008) 1.78
Chronic kidney disease and risk of renal cell carcinoma: differences by race. Epidemiology (2015) 1.78
Trends in the incidence of ocular melanoma in the United States, 1974-1998. Cancer Causes Control (2003) 1.72
Combined impact of lifestyle-related factors on total and cause-specific mortality among Chinese women: prospective cohort study. PLoS Med (2010) 1.71
An investigation of risk factors for renal cell carcinoma by histologic subtype in two case-control studies. Int J Cancer (2013) 1.71
A genome-wide association study identifies new susceptibility loci for esophageal adenocarcinoma and Barrett's esophagus. Nat Genet (2013) 1.67
Blood leukocyte DNA hypomethylation and gastric cancer risk in a high-risk Polish population. Int J Cancer (2010) 1.67
Cancer in Korean war navy technicians: mortality survey after 40 years. Am J Epidemiol (2002) 1.66
Tubal sterilization and risk of ovarian, endometrial and cervical cancer. A Danish population-based follow-up study of more than 65 000 sterilized women. Int J Epidemiol (2004) 1.66
Body size and renal cell cancer incidence in a large US cohort study. Am J Epidemiol (2008) 1.64
Evolving risk of therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia following cancer chemotherapy among adults in the United States, 1975-2008. Blood (2013) 1.64
Mannose-binding lectin-2 genetic variation and stomach cancer risk. Int J Cancer (2006) 1.64
Prospective study of urinary prostaglandin E2 metabolite and colorectal cancer risk. J Clin Oncol (2006) 1.62
Uncommon CHEK2 mis-sense variant and reduced risk of tobacco-related cancers: case control study. Hum Mol Genet (2007) 1.61
Familial characteristics of autoimmune and hematologic disorders in 8,406 multiple myeloma patients: a population-based case-control study. Int J Cancer (2006) 1.61
Hypertension and risk of renal cell carcinoma among white and black Americans. Epidemiology (2011) 1.61
Familial aggregation of Hodgkin lymphoma and related tumors. Cancer (2004) 1.60
Cigarette smoking and adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: a pooled analysis from the international BEACON consortium. J Natl Cancer Inst (2010) 1.60
Large prospective investigation of meat intake, related mutagens, and risk of renal cell carcinoma. Am J Clin Nutr (2011) 1.60
Risk of malignant disease among 1525 adult male US Veterans with Gaucher disease. Arch Intern Med (2007) 1.56
Cigarette smoking and renal cell carcinoma risk among black and white Americans: effect modification by hypertension and obesity. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2012) 1.54
Prediagnostic circulating adipokine concentrations and risk of renal cell carcinoma in male smokers. Carcinogenesis (2012) 1.52
Common variants at the MHC locus and at chromosome 16q24.1 predispose to Barrett's esophagus. Nat Genet (2012) 1.52
Metabolomics in epidemiology: sources of variability in metabolite measurements and implications. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2013) 1.50
Concomitant and antecedent deep venous thrombosis and cancer survival in male US veterans. Leuk Lymphoma (2011) 1.50
Autoimmune disease in individuals and close family members and susceptibility to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Arthritis Rheum (2008) 1.50
Reproductive factors and kidney cancer risk in 2 US cohort studies, 1993-2010. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 1.49