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Thirty percent of breast cancer 'is caused by obesity' (Daily Mail, 26 March 2010)

26 Mar 2010


Experts speaking at the European Breast Cancer Conference warn that obesity is responsible for around a third of cases of breast cancer. It is thought that increased oestrogen production by fat cells serves to fuel hormone-responsive breast tumours.

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