The association between physical activity and renal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: British journal of cancer Vol. 108; no. 4; pp. 798 - 811
• Main Authors: Behrens, G, Leitzmann, M F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.03.2013; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/308/2779/174; 692/699/67/589/1588; 692/700/459/284; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Blood pressure; Cancer Research; Clinical Study; Diabetes; Drug Resistance; Epidemiology; Estimates; Exercise; Humans; Hypertension; Insulin resistance; Kidney cancer; Kidney Neoplasms - epidemiology; Kidneys; Lipid peroxidation; Medical research; Medical sciences; Meta-analysis; Molecular Medicine; Motor Activity; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Obesity; Oncology; Physical fitness; Risk Factors; Risk Reduction Behavior; Systematic review; Tumors; Tumors of the urinary system; meta-analysis; renal cancer; physical activity; Kidney disease; Physical exercise; Urinary system disease; Cancerology; Kidney cancer; Malignant tumor; Bibliographic review; Cancer; Metaanalysis

Background: Physical activity may decrease renal cancer risk by reducing obesity, blood pressure, insulin resistance, and lipid peroxidation. Despite plausible biologic mechanisms linking increased physical activity to decreased risk for renal cancer, few epidemiologic studies have been able to repo...