BOSTON - Patients who are overweight when they're first diagnosed with cancer may be at higher risk of developing a second cancer. Investigators at the American Cancer Society looked at data on nearly ...

Researchers identified 30 modifiable factors that influence cancer risk, from smoking to sun exposure. More than a third of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight and obese women are at increased risk of breast cancer and of being diagnosed with advanced disease, according to results of a large study published Wednesday in ...

Overweight teens are at increased for developing esophageal cancer later in life, new research says. Esophageal cancer occurs when a tumor develops in the tube that connects the throat with the ...

Being overweight as a child, teenager and young adult has been linked to a higher risk of bowel cancer in adulthood, researchers suggest. A higher birth weight was also associated with an increased ...

Being very overweight in your teens doubles the risk of developing colorectal cancer later in life compared to those whose weight was within the normal range a new Swedish study suggests. The research ...

Individuals transitioning from overweight to obese in adulthood may have a higher ovarian cancer risk, emphasizing the need for primary prevention strategies. The study identified three BMI trajectory ...

May 28, 2012 (Lyon, France) — Childhood body mass index (BMI) is positively associated with the risk for primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in adulthood. This association holds for both boys and ...

Being very overweight in your teens may double the risk of developing bowel cancer by the time you are middle aged, suggests research published online in the journal Gut. And a high level of an ...

The research by Newcastle University and the University of Leeds found that being overweight more than doubled the risk of bowel cancer in people with Lynch Syndrome. The genetic disorder affects ...