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Worldwide burden of cancer attributable to diabetes and high body-mass index

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) have concluded that there is a causal association between diabetes and high BMI and several types of cancer.  As the prevalence of  these cancer risk factors increases, clinical and public health efforts should focus on identifying optimal preventive and screening measures for whole populations and individual patients.

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