Over the past 40 years, the prevalence of obesity has increased epidemically worldwide,
which raises significant concerns regarding public health and the associated economic …

Simple Summary Obesity has been linked to several common cancers including breast,
colorectal, esophageal, kidney, gallbladder, uterine, pancreatic, and liver cancer. Obesity …

Prevalence of obesity, an established risk factor for many cancers, has increased
dramatically over the past 50 years in the United States and across the globe. Relative to …

Obesity is a risk factor for cancer development and is associated with poor prognosis in
multiple tumor types. The positive energy balance linked with obesity induces a variety of …

Obesity results from a chronic excessive accumulation of adipose tissue due to a long-term
imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. Available epidemiological and clinical …

Obesity is a leading modifiable risk factor for the development of several epithelial
malignancies. In addition to increasing risk, obesity also confers worse prognosis for many …

The prevalence of obesity is rapidly increasing globally. Epidemiological studies have
associated obesity with a range of cancer types, although the mechanisms by which obesity …

This chapter provides an overview of the putative pathophysiological mechanisms
explaining the positive association between obesity and various cancers. After presenting …

Obesity is an established risk factor for several cancers, including breast, colon, endometrial,
ovarian, gastric, pancreatic and liver, and is increasingly a public health concern. Obese …

Continuously rising trends in obesity-related malignancies render this disease spectrum a
public health priority. Worldwide, the burden of cancer attributable to obesity, expressed as …