Global obesity epidemic and rising incidence of early-onset cancers
Worldwide increases in early-onset colon, rectal, pancreatic, and kidney cancers may have been partly driven by increases in excess body weight. The increases in other early-onset cancers, however, were likely driven by other factors deserving of further investigation.
Authors
- Piero Dalerba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8815-4981)
- Jianjiu Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6460-6210)
- Wan Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7555-9728)
- Mary Beth Terry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4106-5033)
Institutions
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- New York Stem Cell Foundation (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Global Health
- Published
- 2024-10-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.14.04205
- Citations
- 21
- Primary Topic
- Cancer Risks and Factors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.93