Link between obesity and enhanced cancer risk elucidated

Epidemiological studies indicate that being overweight or obese is associated with increased cancer risk. The most dramatic effect of obesity on cancer risk has been noted for a common form of liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma or HCC. Modelling the effect of obesity in mice, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have conclusively demonstrated that obesity is tumour-promoting and have obtained evidence that this effect depends on induction of low-grade, chronic inflammation...

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