Study finds strong relationship between high body mass index, pancreatic cancer
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 05:28
in Health & Medicine
In reviewing the weight history of pancreatic cancer patients across their life spans, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Centre have determined that a high body mass index in early adulthood may play a significant role in an individual developing the disease at an earlier age...
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