Insulin resistance is common in individuals with obesity or type 2 diabetes (T2D), in which
circulating insulin levels are frequently increased. Recent epidemiological and clinical …

Obesity and metabolic disease–related health problems (eg, type 2 diabetes,
atherosclerosis, and hypertension) are the most prevalent nutrition-related issues in the …

Recent studies have demonstrated that the anti-diabetic drug, metformin, can exhibit direct
antitumoral effects, or can indirectly decrease tumor proliferation by improving insulin …

Tumours are nowadays the second world‑leading cause of death after cardiovascular
diseases. During the last decades of cancer research, lifestyle and random/genetic factors …

In obesity, insulin resistance (IR) and diabetes, there are proteins and hormones that may
lead to the discovery of promising biomarkers and treatments for these metabolic disorders …

There is a strong relationship between metabolism and immunity, which can become
deleterious under conditions of metabolic stress. Obesity, considered a chronic inflammatory …

Abstract Learning Objectives After completing this course, the reader will be able to: Explain
how malnutrition (deficit or excess) is used as a decisive factor in treatment of cancer …

More than 90% of kidney cancers arise in the renal parenchyma, and the remainder in the
renal pelvis. 1 Most cancers in the parenchyma are renal cell carcinomas (RCC), a …

The prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically in recent decades, reaching epidemic
proportions. It is becoming clear that obesity is associated not only with type 2 diabetes …

Both obesity and breast cancer are already recognized worldwide as the most common
syndromes in our modern society. Currently, there is accumulating evidence from …