Young Adult and Usual Adult Body Mass Index and Multiple Myeloma Risk: A Pooled Analysis in the International Multiple Myeloma Consortium (IMMC)

Conclusions: BMI-associated increases in multiple myeloma risk were highest for individuals who were overweight or obese throughout adulthood.
Impact: These findings provide the strongest evidence to date that earlier and later adult BMI may increase multiple myeloma risk and suggest that healthy BMI maintenance throughout life may confer an added benefit of multiple myeloma prevention. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(6); 876–85. ©2017 AACR.

Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - May 31, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Birmann, B. M., Andreotti, G., De Roos, A. J., Camp, N. J., Chiu, B. C. H., Spinelli, J. J., Becker, N., Benhaim-Luzon, V., Bhatti, P., Boffetta, P., Brennan, P., Brown, E. E., Cocco, P., Costas, L., Cozen, W., de Sanjose, S., Foretova, L., Giles, G. G., Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research