Rising cancer incidence in younger adults: is obesity to blame?

Lancet Public Health. 2019 Mar;4(3):e119-e120. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30017-9. Epub 2019 Feb 4.

Authors

Catherine R Marinac¹, Brenda M Birmann²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
² Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: brenda.birmann@channing.harvard.edu.

PMID: 30733055
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30017-9

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MeSH terms

Data Management
Humans
Incidence
Neoplasms*
Obesity*
Registries
United States
Young Adult