The rate of obesity increased faster amongst cancer survivors than the general population in the 14 years between 1997 and 2014, found a study published in the Journal of Clinical ... Read more
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) may have discovered a new mechanism behind obesity’s ability to encourage cancer. The study, which focused on the effects of obesity on pancreatic and breast cancer, ... Read more
Race and ethnicity has been shown to be a modifying factor in associations between obesity and cancer screening among women. In a new study, researchers aimed to update information and evidence ... Read more
According to a study published this month by Cornell University in Science Translational Medicine, obese women have a higher risk of developing breast cancer due to changes that obesity causes in obese ... Read more
Scientists from the University of Leeds have found a possible connection between the rise observed in obesity rates and the increase of the total cases of male breast cancer. These findings, which were recently published in ... Read more