Obese Women Often Miss Breast Cancer

Obese women are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer in later stages than women who are a normal weight, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS).

Because tumors were more difficult to feel in overweight women, they were typically diagnosed after a mammogram. Obese women also had a lower overall cancer survival rate, most like due to the disease being at a later stage at diagnosis.