Thin Colorectal Cancer Patients Have Shorter Survival Than Obese Patients (VIDEO)

Duke University Medical Center

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A Duke Medicine study found that thinner Stage 4 colorectal cancer patients lived an average of two-and-a-half months less than obese patients. Lead author Yousuf Zafar, M.D., explains the findings.

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