Brown JC, Yang S, Mire EF, et al. - In this prospective cohort (The Pennington Center Longitudinal Study) involving 18,296 White and Black adults, experts aspired to explore whether participant race modifies the association of anthropometric measures of obesity and cancer risk. There were significant differences in the prognostic associations of anthropometric measures of obesity and cancer risk by participant race and gender. BMI and waist circumference were not positively linked to cancer risk in Black men. A greater BMI and waist circumference were connected with an increased risk of cancer in White men, as well as White and Black women. Such findings could help policymakers reduce cancer disparities, especially among population subgroups that are predisposed to high cancer risk and poor cancer outcomes.