# Cancer Risks and Factors

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/cancer-risks-and-factors/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the relationship between obesity, adiposity, and body mass index with cancer risk, prognosis, and treatment outcomes. It covers various aspects such as breast cancer, pregnancy-associated breast cancer, metabolic syndrome, hormonal influences, chemotherapy effects, and survival rates in relation to obesity. |
| Domain | Health Sciences |
| Field | Medicine |
| OpenAlex ID | t12103 |
| Works | 333 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 333.

- [Food, nutrition, physical activity, and the prevention of cancer: a global perspective](https://scholariq.org/papers/food-nutrition-physical-activity-and-the-prevention-of-cancer-a-global/)
- [Race, Breast Cancer Subtypes, and Survival in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study](https://scholariq.org/papers/race-breast-cancer-subtypes-and-survival-in-the-carolina-breast-cancer-study/)
- [Prevalence and clinical implications of sarcopenic obesity in patients with solid tumours of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts: a population-based study](https://scholariq.org/papers/prevalence-and-clinical-implications-of-sarcopenic-obesity-in-patients-with/)
- [The Global Burden of Cancer 2013](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-global-burden-of-cancer-2013/)
- [Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults](https://scholariq.org/papers/body-mass-index-and-mortality-among-1-46-million-white-adults/)
- [Systematic Pelvic Lymphadenectomy vs No Lymphadenectomy in Early-Stage Endometrial Carcinoma: Randomized Clinical Trial](https://scholariq.org/papers/systematic-pelvic-lymphadenectomy-vs-no-lymphadenectomy-in-early-stage/)
- [ESPEN practical guideline: Clinical Nutrition in cancer](https://scholariq.org/papers/espen-practical-guideline-clinical-nutrition-in-cancer/)
- [De-escalating and escalating treatments for early-stage breast cancer: the St. Gallen International Expert Consensus Conference on the Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer 2017](https://scholariq.org/papers/de-escalating-and-escalating-treatments-for-early-stage-breast-cancer-the-st/)
- [Cancer statistics for adolescents and young adults, 2020](https://scholariq.org/papers/cancer-statistics-for-adolescents-and-young-adults-2020/)
- [Body mass index and survival in women with breast cancer—systematic literature review and meta-analysis of 82 follow-up studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/body-mass-index-and-survival-in-women-with-breast-cancer-systematic-literature/)
- [Riding the Crest of the Teachable Moment: Promoting Long-Term Health After the Diagnosis of Cancer](https://scholariq.org/papers/riding-the-crest-of-the-teachable-moment-promoting-long-term-health-after-the/)
- [Sarcopenia as a Determinant of Chemotherapy Toxicity and Time to Tumor Progression in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Capecitabine Treatment](https://scholariq.org/papers/sarcopenia-as-a-determinant-of-chemotherapy-toxicity-and-time-to-tumor/)
- [The Danish National Birth Cohort - its background, structure and aim](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-danish-national-birth-cohort-its-background-structure-and-aim/)
- [Computer Program to Assist in Making Decisions About Adjuvant Therapy for Women With Early Breast Cancer](https://scholariq.org/papers/computer-program-to-assist-in-making-decisions-about-adjuvant-therapy-for-women/)
- [Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with Breast Cancer Dormancy](https://scholariq.org/papers/circulating-tumor-cells-in-patients-with-breast-cancer-dormancy/)

## Topic primary papers

Showing 15 of 77.

- [Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults](https://scholariq.org/papers/body-mass-index-and-mortality-among-1-46-million-white-adults/)
- [Body mass index and survival in women with breast cancer—systematic literature review and meta-analysis of 82 follow-up studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/body-mass-index-and-survival-in-women-with-breast-cancer-systematic-literature/)
- [Age at first birth and breast cancer risk.](https://scholariq.org/papers/age-at-first-birth-and-breast-cancer-risk/)
- [Etiology of Human Breast Cancer: A Review2](https://scholariq.org/papers/etiology-of-human-breast-cancer-a-review2/)
- [Effects of bariatric surgery on cancer incidence in obese patients in Sweden (Swedish Obese Subjects Study): a prospective, controlled intervention trial](https://scholariq.org/papers/effects-of-bariatric-surgery-on-cancer-incidence-in-obese-patients-in-sweden/)
- [Associations of Breast Cancer Risk Factors With Tumor Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis From the Breast Cancer Association Consortium Studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/associations-of-breast-cancer-risk-factors-with-tumor-subtypes-a-pooled-analysis/)
- [Breast Cancer, Version 3.2024, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology](https://scholariq.org/papers/breast-cancer-version-3-2024-nccn-clinical-practice-guidelines-in-oncology/)
- [Insulin, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I, and Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women](https://scholariq.org/papers/insulin-insulin-like-growth-factor-i-and-risk-of-breast-cancer-in-postmenopausal/)
- [Lactation and a Reduced Risk of Premenopausal Breast Cancer](https://scholariq.org/papers/lactation-and-a-reduced-risk-of-premenopausal-breast-cancer/)
- [Medical hypothesis: xenoestrogens as preventable causes of breast cancer.](https://scholariq.org/papers/medical-hypothesis-xenoestrogens-as-preventable-causes-of-breast-cancer/)
- [Inflammation and Increased Aromatase Expression Occur in the Breast Tissue of Obese Women with Breast Cancer](https://scholariq.org/papers/inflammation-and-increased-aromatase-expression-occur-in-the-breast-tissue-of/)
- [Reproductive factors and breast cancer risk according to joint estrogen and progesterone receptor status: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/reproductive-factors-and-breast-cancer-risk-according-to-joint-estrogen-and/)
- [The Impact of Obesity on Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-impact-of-obesity-on-breast-cancer-diagnosis-and-treatment/)
- [Radiation Dose and Second Cancer Risk in Patients Treated for Cancer of the Cervix](https://scholariq.org/papers/radiation-dose-and-second-cancer-risk-in-patients-treated-for-cancer-of-the/)
- [Body Mass Index and Breast Cancer Risk According to Postmenopausal Estrogen-Progestin Use and Hormone Receptor Status](https://scholariq.org/papers/body-mass-index-and-breast-cancer-risk-according-to-postmenopausal-estrogen/)

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