Adipose Tissue and Cancer
The pathophysiology underlying the relationship between obesity and cancer is complex and incompletely understood. Progression of certain cancers has been shown to accelerate in obese patients irrespective of their lifestyle and diet. Because obesity is manifested by overgrowth of white adipose tiss...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface: Obesity, Adipose Tissue and Cancer Progression
- Metabolic Perturbations Associated with Adipose Tissue Dysfunction and the Obesity-Cancer Link
- Increased Adiposity and Colorectal Cancer
- Adiposity and Diabetes in Breast and Prostate Cancer
- Increased Adipocity and Endometrial Cancer Risk
- Adipokines: Soluble Factors from Adipose Tissue Implicated in Cancer
- Animal Models to Study the Interplay between Cancer and Obesity
- Unraveling the local influence of tumor-surrounding adipose tissue on tumor progression: cellular and molecular actors involved
- Trafficking of Cells from Adipose Tissue to Tumor Microenvironment
- The Impact of Obesity Intervention on Cancer: Clinical Perspectives
- Index.