Excess weight among colorectal cancer survivors: target for intervention.

"Conflict of interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest."

"This study was funded by an internal grant from the Public Health Department of Erasmus MC. The data collection was supported by Comprehensive Cancer Centre South. Raw data from CRC survivors analysed for this study are available for non-commercial scientific research, subject to study question, privacy and confidentiality restrictions, and registration (www.profilesregistry.nl). We would like to thank all patients and their doctors for their participation in the study. Special thanks to Dr. M. van Bommel for being the independent advisor and answering questions from patients. In addition, we thank the following hospitals for their cooperation: Amphia Hospital, Breda; Catharina hospital, Eindhoven; Elkerliek Hospital, Helmond; Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ’S-Hertogenbosch; Maxima Medical Centre, Eindhoven and Veldhoven; Sint Anna hospital, Geldrop; St. Elisabeth hospital, Tilburg; Twee Steden Hospital, Tilburg and Waalwijk."