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Understanding obesity-cancer link to develop effective prevention strategies

18:12 EDT 1 Nov 2017 | News-Medical.net

In 2012, about 28,000 new cases of cancer in men (3.5%) and 72,000 in women (9.5%) were due to overweight or obesity in the United States alone. There is an urgent need for research that focuses on the cancer-promoting effects of obesity as it's the leading preventable cause of cancer for women and the second for men.

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