Predicted rise in Canadian obesity rate may lead to higher cancer burden

American Association for Cancer Research

AUSTIN, Texas — Reducing the number of overweight and obese Canadians by 50 percent could potentially prevent a cumulative 59,829 cases of cancer by 2042, according to estimates presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference Obesity and Cancer: Mechanisms Underlying Etiology and Outcomes, held Jan. 27-30. “Cancer is the leading cause of…