Abnormal body weight related to increased mortality in colon cancer patients
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 04:14
in Health & Medicine
Postmenopausal women diagnosed with colon cancer may be at increased risk of death if they fail to maintain a healthy body weight before cancer diagnosis, according to a study published in the September issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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