TY - JOUR T1 - Overweight, obesity, and pancreatic cancer: Beyond risk alone AU - McWilliams RR, Petersen GM Y1 - 2009/06/24 N1 - 10.1001/jama.2009.922 JO - JAMA SP - 2592 EP - 2593 VL - 301 IS - 24 N2 - Overweight and obesity have well-established public health implications by increasing risk for myriad diseases, most notably cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and also play a role in increasing the risk for multiple types of cancer,1 including pancreatic cancer.2 Obesity has also been reported to be associated with poorer prognosis in multiple cancers,3- 4 perhaps most notably breast cancer.5- 8 SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.922 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.922 ER -