Risk after colon cancer higher for the very fat and very thin
14th Nov 2006, 22:41 GMT
Even after successful treatment for colon cancer, the very obese are about one-third more likely to have their cancer recur and to die prematurely from cancer than those of normal weight. For patients with stage II or stage III colon cancer, the difference was comparable to the difference between those who had surgery plus chemotherapy and those who had only surgery. The very thin were also at increased risk of death.
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