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The association of lifetime alcohol use with mortality and cancer risk in older adults: A cohort study.

PLoS Medicine, 2018
BackgroundWhile current research is largely consistent as to the harms of heavy drinking in terms of both cancer incidence and mortality, there are disparate messages regarding the safety of light-moderate alcohol consumption, which may confuse public ...
Andrew T Kunzmann, Helen G Coleman, Wen-Yi Huang, Sonja I Berndt   +3 more
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Lifetime Smoking History and Cause-Specific Mortality in a Cohort Study with 43 Years of Follow-Up. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
BACKGROUND:In general, smoking increases the risk of mortality. However, it is less clear how the relative risk varies by cause of death. The exact impact of changes in smoking habits throughout life on different mortality risks is less studied.
Niloofar Taghizadeh, Judith M Vonk, H Marike Boezen   +2 more
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Lifetime and 5 years risk of breast cancer and attributable risk factor according to Gail model in Iranian women

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2015
Introduction: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancers in women worldwide and in Iran. It is expected to account for 29% of all new cancers in women at 2015.
Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi, Narges Mohammadsalehi, Razieh Valizadeh, Zeinab Momtaheni, Mohsen Mokhtari, Hossein Ansari   +5 more
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Heavy Metal Contamination on Vannamei Shrimp Aquaculture in North Coast of Central Java

Ilmu Kelautan, 2023
The North Coast of Central Java receives consignments of waste containing heavy metal contamination from several sources, resulting in a decrease in water quality on the coast.
Fadil Apresia, Ambariyanto Ambariyanto, Bambang Yulianto, Carolyn Melissa Payus   +3 more
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The effects of increasing longevity and changing incidence on lifetime risk differentials: A decomposition approach.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Increasing longevity can distort time trends in summary measures of health and mortality, such as the lifetime risk of getting diseased. If not observing a cohort, this lifetime risk is calculated with cross-sectional data on age-specific incidence and ...
Marcus Ebeling, Karin Modig, Anders Ahlbom, Roland Rau   +3 more
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A comparison of gender-linked population cancer risks between alcohol and tobacco: how many cigarettes are there in a bottle of wine?

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background In contrast to our knowledge about the number of cancers attributed to smoking, the number of cancers attributed to alcohol is poorly understood by the public.
Theresa J. Hydes, Robyn Burton, Hazel Inskip, Mark A. Bellis, Nick Sheron   +4 more
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Lifetime physical activity and the risk of renal cell cancer [PDF]

International Journal of Cancer, 2007
AbstractThe relation between lifelong physical activity at work and during leisure‐time and the risk of renal cell cancer (RCC) was analyzed in a case‐control study conducted in Italy between 1992 and 2004. Cases were 767 subjects with incident, histologically confirmed RCC, and controls were 1,534 patients hospitalized for acute nonneoplastic ...
A. Tavani, A. Zucchetto, L. Dal Maso, M. Montella, V. Ramazzotti, R. Talamini, S. Franceschi, C.L. La Vecchia   +7 more
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Height and risk of death among men and women: aetiological implications of associations with cardiorespiratory disease and cancer mortality [PDF]

, 2000
OBJECTIVES: Height is inversely associated with cardiovascular disease mortality risk and has shown variable associations with cancer incidence and mortality.
Upton, M., Davey Smith, G., Watt, G., Hart, C.L., Gillis, C.R., Hawthorne, V.M.   +5 more
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Lifetime Risks of Common Cancers Among Retinoblastoma Survivors [PDF]

JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2004
Compared with the general population, carriers of germline mutations in RB1 who survive retinoblastoma (i.e., hereditary retinoblastoma survivors) are at increased risk of early-onset second cancers, particularly sarcomas, brain tumors, and melanoma. However, their risks for the epithelial cancers that commonly occur after age 50 years are not known.We
Olivia, Fletcher, Douglas, Easton, Kristin, Anderson, Clare, Gilham, Marcelle, Jay, Julian, Peto   +5 more
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Unravelling Breast Cancer Risks and Early Detection Barriers in Above 30-Year-Old Women in Puducherry, India

National Journal of Community Medicine
Background: Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women all over the world and one of the most treatable cancers if detected early.
Sreya Prakash, Karthiga Vijayakumar, Kavita Vasudevan   +2 more
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