Saturday, February 18, 2017

Report Links Excess Weight to Eight More Cancer Types - Cancer Today

Review increases number from five to 13.

By Kendall K. Morgan
"Fourteen years ago, a panel of experts convened by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) determined there was sufficient evidence to say excess weight increased a person’s risk for five cancer types. Now, an updated report produced by a new panel assembled by the IARC in April 2016 adds eight cancers to the list, upping the total to 13."

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