The crucial role and mechanism of insulin resistance in metabolic disease

X Zhao, X An, C Yang, W Sun, H Ji… - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Insulin resistance (IR) plays a crucial role in the development and progression of
metabolism-related diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, tumors, and nonalcoholic fatty …

Obesity and cancer mechanisms: cancer metabolism

BD Hopkins, MD Goncalves, LC Cantley - Journal of clinical oncology, 2016 - ascopubs.org
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 …

Endometrial cancer: is this a new disease?

K Moore, MA Brewer - … Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book, 2017 - ascopubs.org
The incidence of endometrial cancer is increasing, and the age of onset is younger than in
prior years. Although endometrial cancer still occurs more commonly in older women, for …

Genesis and mechanism of some cancer types and an overview on the role of diet and nutrition in cancer prevention

N Kamal, MA Ilowefah, AR Hilles, NA Anua, T Awin… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a major disease with a high mortality rate worldwide. In many countries, cancer is
considered to be the second most common cause of death after cardiovascular disease. The …

Leptin: A heavyweight player in obesity-related cancers

A Caruso, L Gelsomino, S Panza, FM Accattatis… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Obesity, defined as the abnormal or excessive expansion of white adipose tissue, has
reached pandemic proportions and is recognized as an important health concern since it is …

The impact of obesity and bariatric surgery on circulating and tissue biomarkers of endometrial cancer risk

ML MacKintosh, AE Derbyshire… - … journal of cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Obesity is the strongest risk factor for endometrial cancer (EC). To inform targeted screening
and prevention strategies, we assessed the impact of obesity and subsequent bariatric …

Obesity, fat distribution and risk of cancer in women and men: a Mendelian randomisation study

NY Loh, W Wang, R Noordam, C Christodoulides - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Obesity and upper-body fat distribution are independent, cardiometabolic risk factors but
whether they also display comparable associations with cancer risk is unknown. We …

[HTML][HTML] Fertility-sparing treatment in early endometrial cancer: current state and future strategies

A Obermair, E Baxter, DJ Brennan… - Obstetrics & …, 2020 - synapse.koreamed.org
Endometrial cancer (EC) is the fifth most common cancer in women worldwide. Global
estimates show rising incidence rates in both developed and developing countries. Most …

The triglyceride-glucose index as a measure of insulin resistance and risk of obesity-related cancers

J Fritz, T Bjørge, G Nagel, J Manjer… - International Journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background The role of insulin resistance as a mediator in the association of body mass
index (BMI) with site-specific cancer risk has, to our knowledge, never been systematically …

Cancer and diabetes: the interlinking metabolic pathways and repurposing actions of antidiabetic drugs

A Olatunde, M Nigam, RK Singh, AS Panwar… - Cancer cell …, 2021 - Springer
Cancers are regarded as one of the main causes of death and result in high health burden
worldwide. The management of cancer include chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy …