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Obesity and Cancer Risk in National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet, no author, January 2012

Excerpts:
"Keypoints:
During the past several decades, the percentage of overweight and obese adults and children has increased markedly.
Obesity is associated with increased risks of cancers of the esophagus, breast (postmenopausal), endometrium (the lining of the uterus), colon and rectum, kidney, pancreas, thyroid, gallbladder, and possibly other cancer types.
Obese people are also at higher risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, and a number of other chronic diseases."

"Obesity is associated with increased risks of the following cancer types, and possibly others as well:

Esophagus
Pancreas
Colon and rectum
Breast (after menopause)
Endometrium (lining of the uterus)
Kidney
Thyroid
Gallbladder"

"Obese people often have chronic low-level, or “subacute,” inflammation, which has been associated with increased cancer risk.
Other possible mechanisms include altered immune responses, effects on the nuclear factor kappa beta system, and oxidative stress."

Article at:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/obesity