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MedicalCondition
common cancers / cancers / common cancer / obesity-related cancers / Cancer / Half a million new cancers / carcinogenesis / women Cancers / total global cancer / colon cancers / notably cardiovascular disease / nearly half a million new cancer / human cancer / highest cancer / epidemic problem / obesity / postmenopausal breast cancer / noncommunicable diseases / obesity cancer / /
Organization
World Health Organization / International Agency for Research / /
Person
Kate Allen / Christopher Wild / Isabelle Soerjomataram / Melina Arnold / Nicolas Gaudin / / /
Position
principal investigator / Executive Director / Director of Science and Public Affairs / Director of IARC / /
PRESS RELEASE N° November 2014 Half a million new cancers in 2012 due to overweight and obesity Proportion of obesity-related cancers higher in women