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Chronic disease, cancer, and exercise — a common link

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Advances in precision medicine have greatly improved outcomes for patients with cancer. New findings that demonstrate a substantial contribution of major chronic diseases and disease markers to the risk of cancer incidence and mortality highlight the impact of chronic disease on cancer risk and suggest that chronic diseases should be targeted in cancer prevention strategies.

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Figure 1: The contribution of chronic diseases to cancer risk and mortality.

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  1. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Andrew S. Allegretti

  2. Departments of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Ravi I. Thadhani

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Allegretti, A., Thadhani, R. Chronic disease, cancer, and exercise — a common link. Nat Rev Nephrol 14, 288–290 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2018.24

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