Obese Males May Have Melanoma Survival Advantage

Obese men with metastatic melanoma who are treated using targeted or immuno-therapies survive for more than twice as long as patients receiving the same treatment, but who have a normal body mass index (BMI), according to a retrospective study by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Their analysis of independent cohorts of metastatic melanoma patients found that the survival-boosting effects of obesity didn’t extend to female patients, nor was obesity associate