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Re:Overweight and obesity are linked to cancer by adrianmonk on Saturday October 07, 2017 @02:17PM (#15424929)
Speaking of hormones, being overweight or obese may also increase the risk of breast cancer. The development of breast cancer involves estrogen, and fat cells produce estrogen.
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Re:Overweight and obesity are linked to cancer by arkades on Monday October 09, 2017 @12:02PM (#15435007)
Excess fat tissue also isn't vascularized to the same degree normal quantities of tissue are, resulting in an inflammatory cascade via Hypoxia- Induced Factor.
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