Obesity, a worldwide epidemic, confers increased risk for multiple serious conditions,
including cancer, and is increasingly recognized as a growing cause of preventable cancer …

Over the past several years, the field of cancer research has directed increased interest
towards subsets of obesity-associated tumours, which include mammary, renal …

Although discussion of the obesity epidemic had become a cocktail party cliché, its impact
on public health cannot be dismissed. In the past decade, cancer had joined the list of …

Ovarian cancers represent the deadliest among gynecologic malignancies and are
characterized by a hierarchical structure with cancer stem cells (CSCs) endowed with self …

Excess body weight, as defined by the body mass index (BMI), has been associated with
several diseases and includes subjects who are overweight (BMI≥ 25–29.9 kg/m2) or …

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer and cancer-related mortality
worldwide. The disease has been traditionally a major health problem in industrial countries …

Epidemiological studies suggest a positive association between obesity and type 2 diabetes
mellitus (T2D) with the risk of cancer and cancer-related mortality. Insulin resistance …

Growing evidence has raised the important roles of adipocytes as an active player in the
tumor microenvironment. In many tumors adipocytes are in close contact with cancer cells …

The incidence of obesity and colorectal cancer (CRC) has risen rapidly in recent decades.
More than 650 million obese and 2 billion overweight individuals are currently living in the …

Since the incidence of the metabolic syndrome is on the rise in the western world, its
coherence to cancer is becoming more apparent. In this review we discuss the different …