[HTML][HTML] Using genetic association data to guide drug discovery and development: review of methods and applications

S Burgess, AM Mason, AJ Grant, EAW Slob… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
Evidence on the validity of drug targets from randomized trials is reliable but typically
expensive and slow to obtain. In contrast, evidence from conventional observational …

[HTML][HTML] Body fatness associations with cancer: evidence from recent epidemiological studies and future directions

SC Larsson, N Spyrou, CS Mantzoros - Metabolism, 2022 - Elsevier
This narrative review highlights current evidence linking greater body fatness to risk of
various cancers, with focus on evidence from recent large cohort studies and pooled …

Causal role of high body mass index in multiple chronic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of Mendelian randomization studies

SC Larsson, S Burgess - BMC medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Obesity is a worldwide epidemic that has been associated with a plurality of
diseases in observational studies. The aim of this study was to summarize the evidence from …

Association between genetically proxied PCSK9 inhibition and prostate cancer risk: A Mendelian randomisation study

S Fang, J Yarmolinsky, D Gill, CJ Bull, CM Perks… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Prostate cancer (PrCa) is the second most prevalent malignancy in men
worldwide. Observational studies have linked the use of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer and obesity: an obesity medicine association (OMA) clinical practice statement (CPS) 2022

E Lazarus, HE Bays - Obesity Pillars, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background This Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) Clinical Practice Statement
(CPS) provides an overview of cancer and increased body fat. Methods The scientific …

Selenium and cancer risk: Wide‐angled Mendelian randomization analysis

S Yuan, AM Mason, P Carter… - … journal of cancer, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence on the association between selenium and cancer risk is inconclusive. We
conducted a Mendelian randomization study to examine the associations of selenium levels …

Morning chronotype and digestive tract cancers: Mendelian randomization study

S Yuan, AM Mason, OE Titova… - … journal of cancer, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Morning chronotype has been associated with a reduced risk of prostate and breast cancer.
However, few studies have examined whether chronotype is associated with digestive tract …

Associations between an obesity-related dietary pattern and incidence of overall and site-specific cancers: a prospective cohort study

M Maimaitiyiming, H Yang, L Zhou, X Zhang, Q Cai… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background A dietary pattern (DP) may impact on cancer incidence more strongly than
individual foods, but this association remains uncertain. Here, we aimed to broadly explore …

The timing of adiposity and changes in the life course on the risk of cancer

Z Fang, EL Giovannucci - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2022 - Springer
Excess body weight has been established as a risk factor for at least twelve cancer sites,
though questions remain as to the timing of associations for adiposity and cancer risk …

Global epidemiology of epithelial ovarian cancer

PM Webb, SJ Jordan - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2024 - nature.com
Globally, ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer in women, accounting for an
estimated 3.7% of cases and 4.7% of cancer deaths in 2020. Until the early 2000s, age …