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Prospective weight change and colon cancer risk in male US health professionals

  1. Lau Caspar Thygesen1,2,†,*,
  2. Morten Grønbæk2,
  3. Christoffer Johansen3,
  4. Charles S. Fuchs4,5,
  5. Walter C. Willett1,4,6,
  6. Edward Giovannucci1,4,6

Article first published online: 10 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23612

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 123, Issue 5, pages 1160–1165, 1 September 2008

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Thygesen, L. C., Grønbæk, M., Johansen, C., Fuchs, C. S., Willett, W. C. and Giovannucci, E. (2008), Prospective weight change and colon cancer risk in male US health professionals. Int. J. Cancer, 123: 1160–1165. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23612

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  1. 1

    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA

  2. 2

    Centre for Alcohol Research, National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark

  3. 3

    Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark

  4. 4

    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA

  5. 5

    Division of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA

  6. 6

    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA

  1. †

    Fax: +45-39464002/+45-39208010.

*Centre for Alcohol Research, National Institute of Public Health, Øster Farimagsgade 5, DK-1399 Copenhagen, Denmark

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 10 JUN 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 10 MAR 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 6 DEC 2007

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  • National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Grant Number: CA55075

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