Video Q&A: Excess body weight and cancer

Introduction Rudolf Kaaks originally trained at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and is currently Professor of Cancer Epidemiology and head of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ). He is also one of the principal investigators of the European Investigation on Nutrition and Cancer (EPIC). His research focus is on metabolic and endocrine pathways that may provide a link between lifestyle, nutritional energy balance and cancer risk, and he has conducted various epidemiologic studies in prospective cohorts to examine cancer risks in relation to blood levels of endogenous hormones, growth factors, inflammation factors and other metabolic factors. Furthermore, he has a strong interest in linking findings from epidemiologic studies on energy balance and cancer with those from basic physiology, clinical sciences and molecular biology.