BMI may not be best obesity indicator to assess risk for lung cancer: Study ANI | Updated: Jun 02, 2021 20:23 IST
Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): The method used to calculate how obesity is measured may affect whether it is considered a risk factor for lung cancer, suggest the findings of new research published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO).
The JTO is an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
Although the association between measures of obesity and both cancer incidence and outcome are clear in some solid tumour types such as breast, oesophagal, and colon cancer, the relationship between obesity and lung cancer is more nuanced.