OBESITY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH CANCER: PART II CANCER
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This four-part manuscript briefly reviews the association of obesity with cancer. Part I discussed obesity while this (Part II) will discuss obesity and its impact on cancer. Part III and Part IV will review the association of obesity on fourteen common cancers.
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