How does obesity cause cancer?

I was reading an article today on how obesity has almost caught up with smoking as the number cause of cancer. What is the obesity/cancer link?

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I've always been told that cancer cells are most predominately located in one's fat cells. Thus having more fat in/on one's body increases the chance of actually getting cancer. Report It

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