Obesity may account for 3.2 percent of all cancers in the U.S.

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Obesity may account for 41,383 new cancers -- about 3.2 percent of all cancers -- diagnosed in the U.S. in 2002 according to recent paper.

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Polednak A. Trends in incidence rates for obesity-associated cancers in the us. Cancer Detect Prev. 2003, 27(6):415-21.

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