Comments on: Promising Results Shown for Kidney Cancer Drug – Science Daily (press release) http://ecancerawareness.com/cancer-news/promising-results-shown-for-kidney-cancer-drug-science-daily-press-release/ Raising awareness about cancer and healthy living Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:23:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Dr.Helen http://ecancerawareness.com/cancer-news/promising-results-shown-for-kidney-cancer-drug-science-daily-press-release/comment-page-1/#comment-3284 Dr.Helen Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:35:08 +0000 tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100204101723.htm#comment-3284 Being obese could lead to a greater risk of developing the most common form of renal cell cancer, according to research in the January issue of the UK-based urology journal BJUI. US researchers found that obese patients with kidney tumours have 48 per cent higher odds of developing a clear-cell renal cell cancer (RCC) than patients with a body mass index (BMI) of less than 30. And the odds increase by four per cent for every extra BMI point. Being obese could lead to a greater risk of developing the most common form of renal cell cancer, according to research in the January issue of the UK-based urology journal BJUI.

US researchers found that obese patients with kidney tumours have 48 per cent higher odds of developing a clear-cell renal cell cancer (RCC) than patients with a body mass index (BMI) of less than 30. And the odds increase by four per cent for every extra BMI point.

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