Eugenia E. Calle

Obesity and cancer

Substantial evidence supports the link between increasing adiposity and a higher risk of many cancers

Overweight, Obesity, and Mortality from Cancer in a Prospectively Studied Cohort of U.S. Adults

Increased body weight was associated with increased death rates for all cancers combined and for cancers at multiple specific sites.

Lung Cancer, Cardiopulmonary Mortality, and Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Air Pollution

Long-term exposure to combustion-related fine particulate air pollution is an important environmental risk factor for cardiopulmonary and lung cancer mortality.

Body-Mass Index and Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of U.S. Adults

The risk of death from all causes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, or other diseases increases throughout the range of moderate and severe overweight for both men and women in a...

Utility of the National Death Index for Ascertainment of Mortality among Cancer Prevention Study II Participants

This paper reports the results of testing and using the National Death Index to ascertain vital status in the American Cancer Society's prospective cohort study, Cancer Preventi...

Newly discovered breast cancer susceptibility loci on 3p24 and 17q23.2