Burkitt lymphoma, touch prep, Wright stain (Ed Uthman, MD.)
In research at Lund University in Malmo, Sweden that studied the weight and lifestyle of over 4 million participants over four decades, malignant melanoma, gastric tumors, cancers of the small intestine and pituitary glands, head and neck cancer, and vulvar and penis cancer were identified for the first time among 19 potential obesity-related cancers.
In total, the researchers identified 32 types of cancer with an obesity link, which is more than double the 13 types of cancer previously identified in 2016 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The new research will be presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Venice, Italy, confirms these cancers, which include cases in the breast, bowel, womb, and kidney, can be caused by obesity.
