Dr. Clifford Hudis: The Obesity–Breast Cancer Link
Dr. Clifford Hudis: The Obesity–Breast Cancer Link
Interview by L Scott Zoeller
20110806
2011 Sept 6
OncologySTAT Editorial Team
Dr. Clifford Hudis: The Obesity–Breast Cancer Link
OncologySTAT Editorial Team. 2011 Sept 6, Interview by L Scott Zoeller
Abstract
Dr. Hudis is Chief of the Breast Cancer Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. OncologySTAT: Would you discuss the evidence surrounding the link between obesity and breast cancer risk and how it differs in premenopausal versus postmenopausal women?Dr. Hudis: Obesity has been recognized as a risk factor for cancer for years. More affluent societies, where average daily caloric intake tends to be higher, have a somewhat higher incidence of certain common malignancies like breast...
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