Ovarian cancer and body size: Individual participant meta-analysis including 25,157 women with ovarian cancer from 47 epidemiological studies

• Main Authors: V. Beral, C. Hermon, R. Peto, G. Reeves, L. Brinton, P. Marchbanks, E. Negri, R. B. Ness, P. H.M. Peeters, M. Vessey, E. E. Calle, S. M. Gapstur, A. V. Patel, L. Dal Maso, R. Talamini, A. Chetrit, G. Hirsh-Yechezkel, F. Lubin, S. Sadetzki, N. Allen, D. Bull, K. Callaghan, B. Crossley, K. Gaitskell, A. Goodill, J. Green, T. Key, K. Moser, R. Collins, R. Doll, C. A. Gonzalez, N. Lee, H. W. Ory, H. B. Peterson, P. A. Wingo, N. Martin, T. Pardthaisong, S. Silpisornkosol, C. Theetranont, B. Boosiri, S. Chutivongse, P. Jimakorn, P. Virutamasen, C. Wongsrichanalai, A. Tjonneland, L. Titus-Ernstoff, T. Byers, T. Rohan, B. J. Mosgaard, D. Yeates, J. L. Freudenheim, J. Chang-Claude, R. Kaaks, K. E. Anderson, A. Folsom, M. A. Rossing, D. B. Thomas, N. S. Weiss, E. Riboli, F. Clavel-Chapelon, D. Cramer, K. Robien, S. S. Tworoger, S. E. Hankinson, S. Franceschi, C. La Vecchia, C. Magnusson, T. Riman, E. Weiderpass, A. Wolk, L. J. Schouten, P. A. Van den Brandt, N. Chantarakul, S. Koetsawang, D. Rachawat, D. Palli, A. Black, A. Berrington de Gonzalez, D. M. Freedman, P. Hartge, A. W. Hsing, J. V. Lacey, R. N. Hoover, C. Schairer, S. Graff-Iversen, R. Selmer, C. J. Bain, A. C. Green, D. M. Purdie, V. Siskind, P. M. Webb
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84860157091&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/51923
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Background: Only about half the studies that have collected information on the relevance of women's height and body mass index to their risk of developing ovarian cancer have published their results, and findings are inconsistent. Here, we bring together the worldwide evidence, published and un...