Anthropometric factors and the risk of ovarian cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
It is surprising that the commonly accepted increased risk of developing ovarian cancer in the obese (at about 6%) is less than for other cancers. This study looks at all the available data and partly explains the disparity.
Using Pub Med and Web of Science databases, information related to more than 27,000 women who developed ovarian cancer, with regard to their weight, was correlated.
Results from the study showed the risk of ovarian cancer amongst the obese and overweight was significantly increased for pre-menopausal women (16%), with a larger number than expected of less common types such as clear cell and mucinous.
Post-menopausal women who are obese do not have a significantly increased risk of developing ovarian cancer. Because ovarian cancer is predominately a disease of post-menopausal women, the overall risk remains low and supports the World Cancer Research Fund opinion, that the link between obesity and ovarian cancer is probable but not proved.
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