Obesity promotes lung cancer by suppressing immune response, study shows

A research team led by experts at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has documented new evidence that excess abdominal fat increases the risk of developing non-small cell lung cancer.

Published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the findings show that the immune system's attack on developing tumors is undermined in obese patients, contradicting earlier studies suggesting that patients with a high body mass index (BMI) are at lower risk for the disease. ...