Prediagnosis Body Mass Index, Physical Activity, and Mortality in Endometrial Cancer Patients

• Published in: JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute Vol. 105; no. 5; pp. 342 - 349
• Main Authors: Arem, Hannah, Park, Yikyung, Pelser, Colleen, Ballard-Barbash, Rachel, Irwin, Melinda L., Hollenbeck, Albert, Gierach, Gretchen L., Brinton, Louise A., Pfeiffer, Ruth M., Matthews, Charles E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cary, NC Oxford University Press 06.03.2013; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Body Mass Index; Clinical outcomes; Endometrial cancer; Endometrial Neoplasms - complications; Endometrial Neoplasms - diagnosis; Endometrial Neoplasms - epidemiology; Endometrial Neoplasms - etiology; Endometrial Neoplasms - mortality; Female; Female genital diseases; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Incidence; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Motor Activity; Multiple tumors. Solid tumors. Tumors in childhood (general aspects); Neoplasm Grading; Neoplasm Staging; Obesity - complications; Obesity - mortality; Oncology; Reproductive History; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tumors; United States - epidemiology; United States; Physical exercise; Human; Body mass index; Endometrium cancer; Cancerology; Mortality; Uterine diseases; Patient; Malignant tumor; Epidemiology; Cancer; Female genital diseases

Background Higher body mass index (BMI) and inactivity have been associated with a higher risk of developing endometrial cancer, but the impact on endometrial cancer survival is unclear. Methods Among incident endometrial cancer case subjects in the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health...