Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Obesity Linked To Common Form Of Kidney Cancer And Each Extra BMI Point Increases Risk

"“US researchers found that obese patients with kidney tumours have 48 per cent higher odds of developing a clear-cell renal cell cancer (RCC) than patients with a body mass index (BMI) of less than 30. And the odds increase by four per cent for every extra BMI point.”

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/175784.php

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