Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Cancer survivors are often highly motivated to seek
information about food choices, physical activity, and dietary supplements to improve their …

Weight, weight gain, and obesity account for approximately 20% of all cancer cases.
Evidence on the relation of each to cancer is summarized, including esophageal, thyroid …

Importance Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30, is associated with
a significant increase in the risk of many cancers and in overall mortality. However, various …

Purpose To provide recommendations for appropriate cytotoxic chemotherapy dosing for
obese adult patients with cancer. Methods The American Society of Clinical Oncology …

Rates of obesity have increased significantly over the last three decades in the United States
and globally. In addition to contributing to heart disease and diabetes, obesity is a major …

Excess body weight, as defined by the body mass index (BMI), has been associated with
several diseases and includes subjects who are overweight (BMI≥ 25–29.9 kg/m2) or …

Colorectal cancer is a complex disease resulting from somatic genetic and epigenetic
alterations, including locus-specific CpG island methylation and global DNA or LINE-1 …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE The importance of expanding cancer treatment to
include the promotion of overall long‐term health is emphasized in the Institute of Medicine …

Background: Prognostic significance of adiposity, at the time of cancer diagnosis, on survival
is not clear. Body mass index (kg m− 2) does not provide an appropriate assessment of body …

4. Dr. Gregory Kaltsas MD FRCP (Lon) is a Professor in General Medicine and
Endocrinology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He was …