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Obesity boosts gullet cancer risk 6-fold

Obese people are six times as likely to develop gullet (esophageal) cancer as people of "healthy" weight, shows research published ahead of print in the journal Gut.Rates of esophageal cancer have been rising rapidly, and in some countries, they have risen faster than those of every other major cancer, say the authors.

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