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From:
JAMA
Cancer Diagnoses After Recent Weight Loss
About The Study: Health professionals with weight loss within the prior two years had a significantly higher risk of cancer during the subsequent 12 months compared with those without recent weight loss in this study that included 157,000 participants. Cancer of the upper gastrointestinal tract was particularly common among participants with recent weight loss compared with those without recent weight loss.
Organisation/s:
Harvard Medical School, USA
Funder:
The Nurses’ Health Study was
supported by grants UM1 CA186107 and P01
CA87969 from the National Institutes of Health.
The Health Professionals Follow-Up Study was
supported by grant U01 CA167552 from the
National Institutes of Health. The current work was
additionally supported by grant 2021-06739 from
the Swedish Research Council (awarded to
DrWang); grant R01 CA205406 from the National
Institutes of Health and funding from the
Project P Fund and the Broman Family Fund for
Pancreatic Cancer (awarded to Dr Ng); grants
U01 CA210171 and P50 CA127003 from the
National Institutes of Health and funding from the
Hale Family Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research,
the Lustgarten Foundation Dedicated Laboratory
Program, Stand Up To Cancer, the Pancreatic
Cancer Action Network, the Noble Effort Fund, the
Wexler Family Fund, the Promises for Purple, and
the Bob Parsons Fund (awarded to DrWolpin). Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funders/
sponsors had no role in the design and conduct of
the study; collection, management, analysis, and
interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or
approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit
the manuscript for publication.
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