Body size and composition and risk of rectal cancer (Australia)
- 1 December 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Cancer Causes & Control
- Vol. 17 (10), 1291-1297
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-006-0074-y
Abstract
Although body mass index has been shown to be associated with colon cancer, studies of rectal cancer risk have generally reported no association. The relationship between rectal cancer risk and central adiposity, overall fat mass, and fat-free mass is unknown.Keywords
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