Editorial: Mendelian Randomization Analysis Identifies Body Mass Index and Fasting Insulin as Potential Causal Risk Factors for Pancreatic Cancer Risk

J Natl Cancer Inst. 2017 Sep 1;109(9):djx043. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djx043.

Authors

Konstantinos K Tsilidis¹, James Y Dai¹, Ulrike Peters¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Body Mass Index*
Fasting
Humans
Insulin / genetics
Mendelian Randomization Analysis*
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Risk Factors

Substances

Insulin

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