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Being overweight, obese during early adulthood associated with greater risk of pancreatic cancer
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 6th, 2009
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death for both men and women in the United States. As the prevalence of overweight and obesity have rapidly increased during the last 2 decades, accumulating evidence has emerged that excess body weight is a risk factor for pancreatic cancer. "However, to our knowledge, no study has explicitly reported the association between excess body weight across an...
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