The most common cancers related to obesity

Introduction: Obesity is known in the world as a disease that plays a role in the development and progressionof diseases, including cancer, and causes irreparable damage to human health. Therefore, this study wasdesigned with the aim of investigating the most common cancers related to obesity.Methods: The present study is a review study that was written in ۲۰۲۲. Medline/PubMed, Google Scholar, andWeb of Sciences databases were used to search for related articles. In the first stage, a total of ۶۸ articles werefound, after applying the entry and exit criteria, this number was reduced to ۵۱. The inclusion criteria included:the article being Latin and the availability of the full text, and the exclusion criteria included: case report studies.Results: The review of various studies showed that obesity is the cause of common cancers in women and men,including postmenopausal breast, liver, stomach, pancreatic, colorectal, endometrial, kidney, Hodgkin'slymphoma, multiple myeloma, esophageal, ovarian, and thyroid cancers, and the percentage of endometrialcancers, ovary, breast are more common in obese women, and in men, cancers that are common in both groups.both men and women, are more common. Most of the cancers that occur in obese people are related to thedigestive organs. The most common cancers of the digestive organs are stomach, esophagus, colon and rectalcancer. Lung cancer is classified as one of the cancers related to obesity, and during further studies, it was foundthat obesity alone cannot be the cause of lung cancer, but obesity can have a positive effect in smokers.Conclusion: Generally, obesity is a known risk factor for cancers, especially gastrointestinal cancers. Therefore,to reduce the risk of these cancers, it is suggested that people reduce their weight by changing their lifestyle,exercising, following a diet, and using medical and surgical treatments to reduce obesity.