Excess weight as a risk factor common to many cancer sites: words of caution when interpreting meta-analytic evidence.

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Published in Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev on December 01, 2016

Authors

Melina Arnold1, Andrew G Renehan2, Graham A Colditz3

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Cancer Surveillance, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. ArnoldM@iarc.fr colditzg@wudosis.wustl.edu.
2: Division of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
3: Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. ArnoldM@iarc.fr colditzg@wudosis.wustl.edu.

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