Hodgkin Lymphoma
Risk for Hodgkin lymphoma may be modifiable through strenuous physical activity
Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 17th, 2006
Researchers writing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention stated, "Few studies have examined the associations of body size and physical activity with the development of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) in women."
"In data from a population-based case-control study in women ages 19 to 79 years, we assessed the relation of self-report height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and strenuous physical activity to HL risk in 312 cases with diagnostic re-review and 325 random-digit dialed controls using logistic regression," wrote T.H.M. Keegan and...
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