Age at menarche, age at menopause, height and obesity as risk factors for breast cancer: associations and interactions in an international case‐control study

CC Hsieh, D Trichopoulos… - … journal of cancer, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of age at menarche, age at menopause, height, and obesity as risk factors
for breast cancer, and the possible interactions among these factors in breast cancer …

Height, weight, weight change, and postmenopausal breast cancer risk: the Netherlands Cohort Study

PA van den Brandt, MJM Dirx, CM Ronckers… - Cancer Causes & …, 1997 - Springer
The association between several anthropometric indices and breast cancer risk was
evaluated within the Netherlands Cohort Study on diet and cancer, which began in 1986 …

Body size in different periods of life and breast cancer risk in post‐menopausal women

C Magnusson, J Baron, I Persson… - … journal of cancer, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Adult obesity has been associated with an increased risk of post‐menopausal breast cancer,
but it is unclear whether this relationship reflects a causal role of obesity during childhood …

Prospective study of height, body mass index and risk of breast cancer

LJ Vatten, S Kvinnsland - Acta Oncologica, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
The associations of breast cancer risk with height and body mass index have been
examined in 291 cases of breast cancer that occurred among 25 967 Norwegian women …

Breast‐cancer incidence in relation to height, weight and body‐fat distribution in the Dutch “DOM” cohort

R Kaaks, PAH Van Noord… - … journal of cancer, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
In a cohort of 11,663 participants in a breast‐cancer screening program, height, weight,
waist circumference and hip circumference were measured, and information about …

A prospective study of body size in different periods of life and risk of premenopausal breast cancer

E Weiderpass, T Braaten, C Magnusson, M Kumle… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2004 - AACR
The prevalence of obesity at all ages is increasing epidemically worldwide. Information on
the association between premenopausal breast cancer and body size during childhood and …

Early age at menopause and breast cancer: are leaner women more protected? A prospective analysis of the Dutch DOM cohort

EM Monninkhof, YT van der Schouw… - Breast cancer research …, 1999 - Springer
To investigate the relationship between age at menopause, body mass index, and breast
cancer risk, we used data from a prospective cohort study (DOM cohort) in the Netherlands …

Risk factors for breast cancer

SP Helmrich, S Shapiro, L Rosenberg… - American journal of …, 1983 - academic.oup.com
Since 1976, data were collected to evaluate risk factors for breast cancer in a hospital-based
case-control study of 1185 women with breast cancer and 3227 controls. The risk of breast …

Pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies on height, weight, and breast cancer risk

PA Van den Brandt, D Spiegelman… - American journal of …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
The association between anthropometric indices and the risk of breast cancer was analyzed
using pooled data from seven prospective cohort studies. Together, these cohorts comprise …

Case‐control study of anthropometric measures and breast cancer risk

CM Friedenreich, KS Courneya… - International journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
A population‐based case‐control study of 1,233 incident breast cancer cases and 1,241
controls was conducted in Alberta between 1995 and 1997 to examine the influence of …