Highlighting obesity as a risk factor for endometrial cancer

AN Simpson, G Lennox - CMAJ, 2021 - Can Med Assoc
On behalf of the Community of Practice in Obesity of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology of
Canada (www. goc. org), we thank the authors of the recent guideline on the management of …

[PDF][PDF] Obesity‐driven endometrial cancer: is weight loss the answer?

ML Mackintosh, EJ Crosbie - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2013 - research.manchester.ac.uk
Endometrial cancer is the fourth most common cancer affecting British women, behind
breast, lung and colon cancer. Over the past 20 years, the incidence of endometrial cancer …

[PDF][PDF] Endometrial cancer and obesity

SJ Kitson, EJ Crosbie - The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, 2019 - mastermrcog.com
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynaecological cancer in the UK, with over 9000
new diagnoses made every year. 1 The incidence of endometrial cancer is rising year on …

Obesity and age at diagnosis of endometrial cancer

NS Nevadunsky, A Van Arsdale… - Obstetrics & …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: Obesity is an established risk factor for development of endometrial cancer. We
hypothesized that obesity might also be associated with an earlier age at endometrial …

Endometrial cancer risk among younger, overweight women

CC Thomas, PA Wingo, MS Dolan, NC Lee… - Obstetrics & …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To examine the risk for endometrial cancer among overweight women using
the World Health Organization's clinical definitions of obesity based on body mass index …

[PDF][PDF] Obesity and endometrial cancer: unanswered epidemiological questions

AG Renehan, ML MacKintosh, EJ Crosbie - BJOG, 2016 - researchgate.net
In many European countries and in North America, endometrial cancer is the most common
gynaecological malignant disease, and the fourth most common cancer in women. 1 As an …

[HTML][HTML] Almost half of women with endometrial cancer or hyperplasia do not know that obesity affects their cancer risk

AL Beavis, S Cheema, CH Holschneider… - Gynecologic …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
An estimated 52,630 cases of endometrial cancer were diagnosed in 2014 (Siegel et al.,
2014), and up to 40% of these are attributable to obesity (Polednak, 2008). Women of low …

[HTML][HTML] High prevalence of metabolic syndrome in women newly diagnosed with endometrial cancer

SJ Kitson, J Lindsay, VN Sivalingam… - Gynecologic …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the letter from Galazis et al.(Galazis et al., 2018).
The authors correctly state that women newly diagnosed with endometrial cancer are not …

[HTML][HTML] Patient perceptions and understanding of obesity related endometrial cancer

M Wilkinson, S Murphy, P Sinclair, H Heneghan… - Gynecologic Oncology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Obesity is the greatest risk factor for endometrial cancer. There is often a lack of recognition
amongst patients about this risk. Evidence for weight-loss in the management of endometrial …

Lifestyle interventions to reduce the risk of obesity-associated gynecologic malignancies: a focus on endometrial cancer

F Linkov, SL Goughnour, S Adambekov… - Focus on Gynecologic …, 2018 - Springer
Obesity is an established risk factor for multiple cancer types, with gynecologic cancers
gaining more attention in the past decade. While women with obesity may be at increased …