British researchers link obesity to more cancers
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Obesity can double the risk of several cancers, according to a study published on Friday that for the first time also links being overweight with a number of less common forms of the disease.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- New research has found a higher risk of leukemia among older overweight women, offering another piece of evidence that carrying extra pounds can increase your chance of getting cancer.
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Overweight and obese women have a  lower risk of breast cancer prior to menopause, researchers  said on Monday in a finding they said both puzzles them and  contradicts conventional wisdom.
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Scientists in Oxford say they have a new method of identifying people most at risk of breast cancer.
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Breast cancer is more likely to kill obese women than those of normal weight, research suggests.
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NEW YORK OCT 18, 2004  - Children who are overweight appear to have an increased risk of cancer in later life, according to the results of a study published in the November 1st issue of the International Journal of Cancer.
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Obese men who undergo surgery for prostate cancer are more likely than their non-obese peers to experience a rise in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, a sign that their disease is returning, new research suggests. Moreover, this seems to be true even in cases in which all of the cancer was apparently removed at surgery.
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have found that being overweight or obese could more than double an older woman&#39;s risk of getting one of the deadliest forms of leukemia.
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NEW YORK  - Bigger babies seem to have a  greater risk of developing certain cancers as adults, a new  study finds.
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NEW YORK  - Being obese more than doubles the risk of a type of leukemia -- acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) -- in older women, according to a new report.
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NEW YORK  - Confirming previous research,  the results of a population-based Danish study show that a high  birth weight is associated with an increased risk of breast  cancer later in life.
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Two new studies shed light on the role obesity may play in causing heart attacks and, surprisingly, keeping them from being fatal.
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The risk of developing a type of kidney cancer, renal cell carcinoma, is directly related to body mass index (BMI) and to the increase in BMI since age 20, according to the findings from two new European ...
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Previous reports have shown that obesity increases a woman's risk of developing breast cancer -- and now new research indicates that obesity continues to have a negative effect once breast cancer occurs.
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Staying slim and fit is especially  important for cancer survivors, because obesity raises the risk  of cancer coming back, the American Cancer Society said in new  guidelines issued on Wednesday.
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Being obese boosts the risk of half a dozen types of cancer, and the odds strengthen as one's waistline thickens, according to a major review published on Saturday by The Lancet.
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Rising levels of obesity in Britain  could lead to as many as 12,000 new cases of weight-related  cancer each year by the end of the decade, a leading charity  warned on Tuesday.