[WATCH]: The Connection Between Obesity and Uterine Cancer

A very frequent question I am asked from my patients when diagnosed with uterine cancer is how did this happen or why did this happen to me. There is really two answers to that question. One is there is a genetic syndrome called Lynch syndrome or HNPCC that puts certain families at risk for uterine cancer and so if you have a patient or you come from a family where you see many cancers on one side of the family and those cancers that we worry about being linked to Lynch syndrome are colon cancer, uterus cancer, ovary cancer, kidney cancer, and some other more rare instances of certain brain cancers, you may actually be in a family that has a genetic mutation that puts a woman at risk for uterus and ovary cancer. The most important

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