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Height and Breast Cancer Risk: Evidence From Prospective Studies and Mendelian Randomization

2015; Oxford University Press; Volume: 107; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/jnci/djv219

1460-2105

Ben Zhang, Xiao‐Ou Shu, Ryan Delahanty, Chenjie Zeng, Kyriaki Michailidou, Manjeet K. Bolla, Qin Wang, Joe Dennis, Wanqing Wen, Jirong Long, Chun Li, Alison M. Dunning, Jenny Chang‐Claude, Mitul Shah, Barbara Perkins, Kamila Czene, Hatef Darabi, Mikael Eriksson, Stig E. Bojesen, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Sune F. Nielsen, Henrik Flyger, Diether Lambrechts, Patrick Neven, Hans Wildiers, Giuseppe Floris, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Matti A. Rookus, Katja van den Hurk, Wim de Kort, Fergus J. Couch, Janet E. Olson, Emily Hallberg, Celine M. Vachon, Anja Rudolph, Petra Seibold, Dieter Flesch‐Janys, Julian Peto, Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva, Olivia Fletcher, Nichola Johnson, Heli Nevanlinna, Taru Muranen, Kristiina Aittomäki, Carl Blomqvist, Jingmei Li, Keith Humphreys, Judith S. Brand, Pascal Guénel, Thérèse Truong, Emilie Cordina‐Duverger, F. Ménégaux, Barbara Burwinkel, Frederik Marmé, Rongxi Yang, Harald Surowy, Javier Benı́tez, M. Pilar Zamora, José Ignacio Arias Pérez, Angela Cox, Simon S. Cross, Malcolm Reed, Irene L. Andrulis, Julia A. Knight, Gord Glendon, Sandrine Tchatchou, Elinor J. Sawyer, Ian Tomlinson, Michael J. Kerin, Nicola Miller, Georgia Chenevix‐Trench, Christopher A. Haiman, Brian E. Henderson, Fredrick R. Schumacher, Loı̈c Le Marchand, Annika Lindblom, Sara Margolin, Maartje J. Hooning, John W.M. Martens, Madeleine M.A. Tilanus‐Linthorst, J. Margriet Collée, John L. Hopper, Melissa C. Southey, Helen Tsimiklis, Carmel Apicella, Susan Slager, Amanda E. Toland, Christine B. Ambrosone, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Graham G. Giles, Roger L. Milne, Catriona McLean, Peter A. Fasching, Lothar Haeberle, Arif B. Ekici, Matthias W. Beckmann, Hermann Brenner, Aida Karina Dieffenbach, Volker Arndt, Christa Stegmaier, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Alan Ashworth, Nick Orr, Michael E. Jones, Jonine D. Figueroa, Montserrat García‐Closas, Louise A. Brinton, Jolanta Lissowska, Martine Dumont, Robert Winqvist, Katri Pylkäs, Arja Jukkola‐Vuorinen, Mervi Grip, Hiltrud Brauch, Thomas Brüning, Yon-Dschun Ko, Paolo Peterlongo, Siranoush Manoukian, Bernardo Bonanni, Paolo Radice, Natalia Bogdanova, Natalia Antonenkova, Thilo Dörk, Graham J. Mann, Vesa Kataja, Veli‐Matti Kosma, Jaana M. Hartikainen, Peter Devilee, Caroline Seynaeve, Christi J. van Asperen, Anna Jakubowska, Jan Lubiński, Katarzyna Jaworska–Bieniek, Katarzyna Durda, Ute Hamann, Diana Torres, Rita K. Schmutzler, Susan L. Neuhausen, Hoda Anton‐Culver, Vessela N. Kristensen, Grethe I.G. Alnæs, Brandon L. Pierce, Peter Kraft, Ulrike Peters, Sara Lindström, Daniela Seminara, Stephen Burgess, Habibul Ahsan, Alice S. Whittemore, Esther M. John, Marilie D. Gammon, Kathleen E. Malone, Daniel C. Tessier, Daniel Vincent, François Bacot, Craig Luccarini, Caroline Baynes, Shahana Ahmed, Mel Maranian, Catherine S. Healey, Anna González‐Neira, Guillermo Pita, M. Rosario Alonso, Núria Álvarez, Daniel Herrero, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Jacques Simard, Per Hall, David J. Hunter, Douglas F. Easton, Wei Zheng,

Nutritional Studies and Diet

Background:Epidemiological studies have linked adult height with breast cancer risk in women. However, the magnitude of the association, particularly by subtypes of breast cancer, has not been established. Furthermore, the mechanisms of the association remain unclear.