Almost 58% of Spanish Patients Diagnosed with Cancer Are Overweight or Obese

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23.6% of patients diagnosed with cancer in Spain have obesity and 57.8% have excess weight. These are the first results of the FOBEyCAN study, Photograph of...

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Oncología mariasanchezmonge Congress of SEOM 23.6% of patients diagnosed with cancer in Spain have obesity and 57.8% have excess weight. These are the first results of the study FOBEyCAN, Obesity and Cancer Photography in Spain: analysis of the situation of excess weight in patients diagnosed with cancer, presented this Wednesday at the congress of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM).The work, promoted by the Working Group on Obesity,…

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Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing certain types of cancer and, once the diagnosis has been made, excess weight can influence different aspects of the disease's evolution and the tolerance to treatments. In relation to tumor location, the higher proportions of patients with obesity were observed in breast, colon, endometrial, ovarian and kidney cancer, with figures above 20%.