Obesity Linked to Cancers

On November 5, 2009 the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) held a news conference at the Annual Research Conference on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer in Washington, DC. AICR researchers presented new estimates linking obesity to higher cancer risk and lower cancer survival. According to the AICR report, obesity causes over 100,000 cancer cases yearly in the U.S.

The report combined the latest US cancer incidence data with conclusions of the recent American Institute for Cancer Research/World Cancer Research Foundation review, "Policy and Action for Cancer Prevention". The review concluded that obesity was linked to multiple cancers including cancers of the endometrium, esophagus, pancreas, kidney, post-menopausal breast and colorectum.

The researchers found that obesity and overweight may cause more than 6% of the approximately 1.6 million cancer cases in the U.S. yearly. They estimate that maintaining a normal weight may prevent more than 100,000 cancer cases yearly. The researchers theorize that excess fat increases the level of hormones that are associated with cancer growth.

"We now know that carrying excess body fat plays a central role in many of the most common cancers," says Laurence Kolonel, MD, PhD, Deputy Director of the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii and AICR/WCRF expert panel member, in a news release. "And it's clearer than ever that obesity's impact is felt before, during and after cancer - it increases risk, makes treatment more difficult and shortens survival."

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According to the AICR review, obesity is a high risk factor for developing cancer. The review suggests that a number of  life-threatening cancers are preventable through effective weight management.

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