Obesity Poised To Take Spot Of No. 1 Preventable Cause Of Cancer, Kicking Smoking Out From The Top Position

Within five to ten years, smoking may no longer be the top preventable cause for cancer. Being obese and overweight — long implicated in heart disease and diabetes — has been associated in recent years with an increased risk of getting at least 13 types of cancer. In other oncology news: multiple cancers in one patients, breast implants, miracle treatments and their complications, survivors helping others, and the HPV vaccine.

from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2IkUG92