Obesity blamed for sharp rise in kidney cancer in UK

Cancer Research UK says disease has risen 40% in last decade, and threatens to become one of the fastest growing cancers

Obesity is to blame for a surge in kidney cancer in the UK, causing an extra 20,000 cases in the last 10 years, according to a leading charity.

Cancer Research UK says that new cases of kidney cancer have risen steeply, by 40% over the past decade.