Overweight in midlife and risk of cancer in late life: a nationwide Swedish twin study

In conclusion, midlife overweight is associated with increased risk of late‐life colon, liver, and uterine cancer but reduced risk of late‐life non‐melanoma skin cancer. Further investigations are warranted t o explore the role of genetic and early‐life environmental factors in these associations.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: International Journal of Cancer - November 22, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Cuiping Bao, Rongrong Yang, Nancy L Pedersen, Weige Xu, Hui Xu, Ruixue Song, Xiuying Qi, Weili Xu Tags: Research Article Source Type: research