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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Women carrying excess body fat face a significantly higher risk of developing breast cancer after menopause, new research has revealed. The risk climbs even higher for women who also suffer from heart ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Overweight and obese women have a lower risk of breast cancer prior to menopause, researchers said on Monday in a finding they said both puzzles them and contradicts ...

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 ...

Use of liraglutide or semaglutide therapy does not increase risk for thyroid cancer among patients with type 2 diabetes or obesity.

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 ...