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Physical Activity, Obesity, Height, and the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

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Obesity appears to increase the risk of pancreatic cancer but this risk can be reduced by physical activity. This was the conclusion of a study of 46,648 men and 117,041 women who were participating in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study and the Nurses' Health Study.

Author: Willett, Walter C., Stampfer, Meir J., Colditz, Graham A., Fuchs, Charles S., Michaud, Dominique S., Giovannucci, Edward
Publisher: American Medical Association
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
Health aspects, Obesity, Pancreatic cancer

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A prospective cohort study of vasectomy and prostate cancer in US men

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Men who have had a vasectomy may have a higher risk of developing prostate cancer than those who have not. Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-associated deaths among men. Among 47,855 primarily white men between 40 and 75 years old, 10,055 had had a vasectomy and 37,800 had not had a vasectomy by 1986. Three hundred of these men were diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1986 and 1990. The risk of prostate cancer was higher among men who had had a vasectomy than among those who had not. The risk of prostate cancer was significantly higher in men who had had a vasectomy before 1965 (22 years before the study) than in those whose vasectomy was more recent. Men who have undergone a vasectomy secrete lower amounts of various substances from the prostate gland. This change in prostate gland function may increase the risk of prostate cancer.

Author: Willett, Walter C., Stampfer, Meir J., Rimm, Eric B., Colditz, Graham A., Ascherio, Alberto, Giovannucci, Edward
Publisher: American Medical Association
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1993
Complications and side effects, Prostate cancer, Vasectomy

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Dietary fiber intake and risk of colorectal cancer: A pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies

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The association between dietary fiber intake and risk of colorectal cancer is evaluated. Results reveal that dietary fiber intake is inversely associated with risk of colorectal cancer in age-adjusted analyses.

Author: Willett, Walter C., Buring, Julie E., Spiegelman, Donna, Colditz, Graham A., Fuchs, Charles S., Jacobs, David R., Jr., Zhang, Shumin M., Smith-Warner, Stephanie A., Brandt, Piet A. van den, Freudenheim, Jo L., Goldbohm, R. Alexandra, Graham, Saxon, Miller, Anthony B., Rohan, Thomas E., Wolk, Alicja, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne, Hunter, David J., Giovannucci, Edward, Bergkvist, Leif, Krogh, Vittorio, Kato, Ikuko, Hartman, Anne M., McCullough, Marjorie L., Harnack, Lisa, Park, Yikyung, Leitzmann, Michael F., Pietinen, Pirjo, Schtzkin, Arthur, Berrino, Franco
Publisher: American Medical Association
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2005
United States, Colorectal cancer, Fiber in human nutrition, Dietary fiber, Dietary fibre

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