Importance Weight loss is common in primary care. Among individuals with recent weight
loss, the rates of cancer during the subsequent 12 months are unclear compared with those …

Background Unexpected weight loss is a presenting feature of cancer in primary care. Data
from primary care are lacking to quantify how much weight loss over what period should …

Background The incidence and/or diagnosis of a major disease may activate weight change.
Patterns of weight change associated with diagnoses have not been systematically …

Background/Aim: No published nation-based study has examined the relationship between
weight loss and cancer in Taiwan. The aim of this study was to investigate whether weight …

Obesity has become a major public health issue. Currently, more than 2.1 billion people–
nearly 30% of the world's population–are either obese (BMI≥ 30 kg/m2) or overweight (25≤ …

Abstract Effects of repeated weight changes on mortality are not well established. In this
prospective cohort study, we followed 34,346 individuals from 1997 to 2018 for all-cause …

Background Epidemiologic studies regarding weight loss and subsequent cancer risk are
sparse. The study aim was to evaluate the association between weight change by …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of voluntary vs involuntary weight loss with
incidence of cancer in older women. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study from 1993 to 2000 …

Background Obesity is a risk factor for cancer incidence and survival, but data on patterns of
weight change in cancer survivors are scarce and few stratify by pre-diagnosis weight status …

Importance Lung cancer, the US's leading cause of cancer death, is often diagnosed
following presentation to health care settings with symptoms, and many patients present with …