From Science Daily:
Obesity Linked to Improved Survival in Kidney Cancer
Having a high body mass index (BMI) is a well-established risk factor for clear cell renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer. Yet, paradoxically, the study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology involving thousands of patients in four databases demonstrated that when overweight individuals developed kidney cancer — especially in its advanced, metastatic form — their disease progressed more slowly and they lived longer than their normal-weight counterparts.
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