Purpose: This paper reviews and updates the evidence on the associations between
physical activity and risk for cancer, and for mortality in persons with cancer, as presented in …

Objective To estimate the dose–response associations between non-occupational physical
activity and several chronic disease and mortality outcomes in the general adult population …

Adipocytes occupy 70% of the cellular volume within the bone marrow (BM) wherein
multiple myeloma (MM) originates and resides. However, the nature of the interaction …

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 …

Multiple myelomas are a less frequent cancer site among both sexes. On a worldwide scale,
it is estimated that about 86 000 incident cases occur annually, accounting for about 0.8% of …

The development of multiple myeloma (MM) is a complex multi-step process involving both
early and late genetic changes in the tumor cell as well as selective supportive conditions by …

Obesity is often linked to malignancies including multiple myeloma, and the underlying
mechanisms remain elusive. Here we showed that acetyl-CoA synthetase 2 (ACSS2) may …

Excess body weight has been identified as a risk factor for various cancer types. Since the
publication of two meta-analyses indicating that body mass index (BMI) is positively …

The aggregate of epidemiological studies indicates a significantly elevated risk for cancer in
people with a high body mass index (BMI); a “dose–response” effect exists with increasing …

Background: Reaching the American Cancer Society challenge goal for the nation to reduce
cancer incidence by 25% by 2015 will be influenced in part by the epidemic of obesity. The …