American Society of Clinical Oncology

Obesity and weight gain are associated with poorer survival

Published in Fitness and Wellness Business Week, February 23rd, 2005

Obesity and weight gain are associated with poorer survival, especially in non-smoking women.

Women who are overweight prior to breast cancer diagnosis, or who are lean but gain weight following diagnosis, are more likely to have their disease return or die of the disease, a new study shows.

This effect was found to be particularly pronounced among women who had never smoked. The study is to be published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO).

To evaluate the relationship between weight gain and breast cancer survival, researchers examined detailed lifestyle and medical history information of 5,204 breast cancer...

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