The New England journal of medicine
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The influence of excess body weight on the risk of death from cancer has not been fully characterized. ⋯ Increased body weight was associated with increased death rates for all cancers combined and for cancers at multiple specific sites.
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Review Case Reports
Clinical practice. Mammographic screening for breast cancer.
A 44-year-old woman who is a new patient has no known current health problems and no family history of breast or ovarian cancer. Eighteen months ago, she had a normal screening mammogram. ⋯ She worries that there is a breast-cancer epidemic. What should her physician advise?