Six cancers related to obesity

6 Ⓒ CANCERS ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY mrmed.in SUPER SPECIALITY PHARMACY Multiple Myeloma A In multiple myeloma , cancerous plasma cells accumulate in the bone marrow and crowd out healthy blood cells . O Gallbladder cancer Obese people have a 60 % higher risk of this . A rare disease in which malignant cells are found in the tissues of the gallbladder +91 91480 10101 Liver cancer Liver cancer is up to twice as common in people who are overweight or obese as it is in people who are of average weight . Pancreatic cancer Overweight or obese people are 1.5 times more likely than normal - weight people to get pancreatic cancer . Uterine cancer About 70 % of uterine cancer cases are linked to obesity . Fatty tissue in people who are overweight produces additional estrogen , a sex hormone that can increase the risk of uterine cancer . Colorectal Cancer It is also called colon or rectal cancer , depending on where they start . It starts when cells in the body start to grow out of control www.mrmed.in