Although more than 40% of cancers are considered obesity-related, excess weight is often just a contributing risk factor, leaving uncertainty about the role weight plays in cancer risk.
February 11, 2021
Cancer Research
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More people die from cancer than from almost any other causes in the world. Yale School of Public Health researchers are working together to change that.
From key partnerships with the Yale Cancer Center (YCC) to novel research efforts across New Haven and Connecticut, as well as globally, Yale scientists have already made significant steps toward preventing and treating a wide range of cancers. Their interdisciplinary fight against cancer has enlisted some of the most prominent public health scholars in the nation and involves dozens of research teams that investigate nearly every aspect of the cancer epidemic, including risk factors and social determinants of health.