title: Epidemiology: obesity and cancer--the evidence is fattening up.
abstract: A large-scale study with 5.24 million participants has found statistically significant associations between increased BMI and 17 of 22 frequent cancers. The strongest associations were observed for cancers of the endometrium, kidney, gallbladder and uterus. Questions remain as to whether several of the weaker associations reported in this study reflect genuinely causal relationships.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaaks
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Tilman
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kühn
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology