Background There is a well established link between obesity and cancer. Emerging
research is characterising this relationship further and delineating the specific role of excess …

Overweight and obesity are health problems of epidemic proportions, increasing the risk not
only of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus but also of various types of …

This paper presents emerging evidence linking visceral adiposity and the metabolic
syndrome (MetSyn) with carcinogenesis. The link between obesity and cancer has been …

Obesity constitutes one of the most important metabolic diseases being associated to insulin
resistance development and increased cardiovascular risk. Association between obesity …

Obesity and type 2 diabetes have both been associated with increased cancer risk and are
becoming increasingly prevalent. Metabolic abnormalities such as insulin resistance and …

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 …

The incidence of obesity in the Western world has increased dramatically during the recent
decades. Epidemiological data suggest that obesity is associated with an increased risk of …

Obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) increase the prevalence and worsen the prognosis of
more than a dozen tumor types; however, the mechanism for this association remains hotly …

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 …

[Frontiers in Bioscience 16, 1634-1650, January 1, 2011] 1634 Associations between
adipokines and obesity-related cancer Gilbert Page 1 [Frontiers in Bioscience 16, 1634-1650 …