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Obesity Control’s Underestimated Potential for Cancer Prevention

JAMA Oncology 10.1001/jamaoncol.2026.0032

March 26, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint discusses obesity prevention and control as an underestimated and underutilized strategy in the prevention of numerous cancers.

Corresponding Author: Hermann Brenner, MD, MPH, Cancer Prevention Graduate School, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany (h.brenner@dkfz.de).

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