An exponential increase in the prevalence of obesity has been observed in the United
States in recent decades, 1 paralleled by a comparable increase in the incidence of …

Esophageal adenocarcinoma develops in response to severe gastroesophageal reflux
disease through the precursor lesion Barrett esophagus, in which the normal squamous …

Background The timing of the risk factors cigarette smoking, alcohol and obesity in the
development of Barrett's esophagus (BE) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) is …

AIM: To investigate miR-200 family expression in Barrett's epithelium, gastric and duodenal
epithelia, and esophageal adenocarcinoma. METHODS: Real-time reverse transcriptase …

We have previously shown that melanoma cells proliferate in response to the metabolic
hormones TRH and TSH. The objective of the present study was to test the hypothesis that a …

Chronic inflammation is one of the foremost risk factors for different types of malignancies,
including breast cancer. Additional risk factors of this pathology in postmenopausal women …

Purpose To clarify the prognostic impact of body mass index (BMI) in patients with
esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Methods Two hundred forty-three patients …

Obesity increases the risk of developing oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) as well as
several other cancers. Leptin is secreted by adipocytes and serum leptin levels rise with …

Gangliosides are essential components of cell membranes and are involved in a variety of
physiological processes, including cell growth, differentiation, and receptor-mediated signal …

While the presence of multiple systemic steroids, amines and peptides in saliva has been
reported, other hormones of the circulation do not appear in saliva. Substances present …