Whether neighborhood obesogenic factors are associated with prostate cancer risk has not been studied. DeRouen and colleagues examined neighborhood socioeconomic status and obesogenic environment factors (urbanicity, mixed-land development, unhealthy food environment, and parks) for associations with risk of prostate cancer among 41,563 African American, Japanese American, Latino, and White males in the Multiethnic Cohort Study. The study is unique in assessing neighborhood factors and prostate cancer risk while considering disease aggressiveness as well as individual-level sociodemographic, behavioral, and prostate cancer risk factors. Independent associations of obesogenic environment factors with prostate cancer risk varied by race, ethnicity, nativity, and disease aggressiveness.

Modifiable lifestyle-related factors heighten the risk and severity of COVID-19 in patients with cancer. Whether exercise lowers susceptibility or severity is not known. Bliss and colleagues examined the relationship between exercise and COVID-19 risk and severity in 944 cancer patients. In this single institution study, cancer patients meeting national exercise...

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