▲ 171 ▼ Weight gain as adult increases cancer risk by up to five times, research shows (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 months ago by Valuy@lemmy.zip to c/world@lemmy.world 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] pennomi@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Photonic@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) That’s way too simplistic. Cancers rarely develop in the actual subcutaneous or intra-abdominal fat tissue which is what obese people have too much of. Sarcomas comprise a heterogeneous group of rare neoplasms that develop from bone and soft tissue. With an incidence of ~7 per 100,000 people, they account for 1% of adult cancer diagnoses […] Liposarcomas (LSs) are rare mesenchymal soft-tissue sarcomas that are thought to arise from cells in the lipocyte lineages in soft tissues. LSs account for ~13–20% of all soft-tissue sarcomas. Their organs aren’t any bigger, except for maybe the steatotic liver, so no it is definitively not a case of more tissue to develop cancer in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Their organs aren’t any bigger, except for maybe the steatotic liver And the skin permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Photonic@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Yes, but the big difference isn’t in skin cancer either permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) That’s way too simplistic. Cancers rarely develop in the actual subcutaneous or intra-abdominal fat tissue which is what obese people have too much of. Sarcomas comprise a heterogeneous group of rare neoplasms that develop from bone and soft tissue. With an incidence of ~7 per 100,000 people, they account for 1% of adult cancer diagnoses […] Liposarcomas (LSs) are rare mesenchymal soft-tissue sarcomas that are thought to arise from cells in the lipocyte lineages in soft tissues. LSs account for ~13–20% of all soft-tissue sarcomas. Their organs aren’t any bigger, except for maybe the steatotic liver, so no it is definitively not a case of more tissue to develop cancer in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Their organs aren’t any bigger, except for maybe the steatotic liver And the skin permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Photonic@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Yes, but the big difference isn’t in skin cancer either permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Their organs aren’t any bigger, except for maybe the steatotic liver And the skin permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Photonic@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Yes, but the big difference isn’t in skin cancer either permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Yes, but the big difference isn’t in skin cancer either permalink fedilink source parent