Study shows higher risk of death for obese breast cancer patients

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Study shows higher risk of death for obese breast cancer patients

(Reuters) - A new study of 80,000 women with early breast cancer found that obesity was associated with a 34 percent higher risk of death for pre-menopausal women whose disease is susceptible to higher levels of the hormone estrogen. The study, featured ahead of the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago beginning on May 30, adds to the accumulation of evidence that obesity is a risk factor for cancer outcomes as well as development of the disease. \"No matter how we look at it, obesity is slated to replace tobacco as the leading modifiable risk for cancer,\" Dr Clifford Hudis, ASCO president and chief of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Breast Cancer Medicine Service in New York, told a news conference.

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