Impact of obesity on outcomes for patients with head and neck cancer

Obesity rates have dramatically increased in the United States over the past two decades [1], and its relationship to cancer has been well documented. Higher body mass index (BMI) has been shown to increase the incidence of many types of cancer [2] and overall cancer mortality in healthy adults [3]. Obesity has also been shown to affect cancer prognosis, decreasing survival in patients diagnosed with cancers of the breast [4,5], colon [6], lung [7] and pancreas [8], among others.

Source: Oral Oncology - June 5, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Daniel F. Hicks, Richard Bakst, John Doucette, Benjamin H. Kann, Brett Miles, Eric Genden, Krzysztof Misiukiewicz, Marshall Posner, Vishal Gupta Source Type: research