Scientists make discovery behind the connection between cancer and obesity
by Ella Pickover
Jun 12, 2024
2 minutes
Scientists have unlocked a key piece of information that might explain the so-called “obesity paradox” for cancer patients.
The fact that obesity can contribute to cancer progression but also improve a patient’s response to immunotherapy is known as the “obesity paradox” among researchers.
Now academics, led by scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Centre in the
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