Sentences with phrase «esophageal cancer compared»

People who gained more than three stone (20 kg) during adulthood were also twice as likely to develop esophageal cancer compared to people who had little weight change.

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The authors report that higher levels of physical activity compared to lower levels were associated with lower risks of 13 of 26 cancers: esophageal adenocarcinoma (42 percent lower risk); liver (27 percent lower risk); lung (26 percent lower risk); kidney (23 percent lower risk); gastric cardia (22 percent lower risk); endometrial (21 percent lower risk); myeloid leukemia (20 percent lower risk); myeloma (17 percent lower risk); colon (16 percent lower risk); head and neck (15 percent lower risk), rectal (13 percent lower risk); bladder (13 percent lower risk); and breast (10 percent lower risk).

Using data from 19 prior publications, Farin Kamangar, an NCI epidemiologist, created a virtual study comparing over 1,700 cases of esophageal cancer with 5,600 controls.