Obesity and cancer: mechanistic insights from transdisciplinary studies

EH Allott, SD Hursting - Endocrine-related cancer, 2015 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Obesity is associated with a range of health outcomes that are of clinical and public health
significance, including cancer. Herein, we summarize epidemiologic and preclinical …

[HTML][HTML] Could intermittent energy restriction and intermittent fasting reduce rates of cancer in obese, overweight, and normal-weight subjects? A summary of evidence

MN Harvie, T Howell - Advances in Nutrition, 2016 - Elsevier
Animal studies and human observational data link energy restriction (ER) to reduced rates of
carcinogenesis. Most of these studies have involved continuous energy restriction (CER) …

The effects of intermittent or continuous energy restriction on weight loss and metabolic disease risk markers: a randomized trial in young overweight women

MN Harvie, M Pegington, MP Mattson… - International journal of …, 2011 - nature.com
Background: The problems of adherence to energy restriction in humans are well known.
Objective: To compare the feasibility and effectiveness of intermittent continuous energy …

“Control” laboratory rodents are metabolically morbid: why it matters

B Martin, S Ji, S Maudsley… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Failure to recognize that many standard control rats and mice used in biomedical research
are sedentary, obese, glucose intolerant, and on a trajectory to premature death may …

Energy restriction and colorectal cancer: a call for additional research

M Castejón, A Plaza, J Martinez-Romero… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer has the second highest cancer-related mortality rate, with an estimated
881,000 deaths worldwide in 2018. The urgent need to reduce the incidence and mortality …

Caloric restriction coupled with radiation decreases metastatic burden in triple negative breast cancer

BA Simone, T Dan, A Palagani, L Jin, SY Han… - Cell Cycle, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Metastatic breast cancer is devastating and triple negative breast cancers (TNBC)
have a higher propensity for metastasis. Improved local control upfront in this aggressive …

Selectively starving cancer cells through dietary manipulation: methods and clinical implications

BA Simone, CE Champ, AL Rosenberg… - Future …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
As the link between obesity and metabolic syndrome and cancer becomes clearer, the need
to determine the optimal way to incorporate dietary manipulation in the treatment of cancer …

Commonly adopted caloric restriction protocols often involve malnutrition

FM Cerqueira, AJ Kowaltowski - Ageing research reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Undernutrition without malnutrition is an intervention that enhances laboratory animal life
span, and is widely studied to uncover factors limiting longevity. In a search of the literature …

Fasting as possible complementary approach for polycystic ovary syndrome: Hope or hype?

B Chiofalo, AS Laganà, V Palmara, R Granese… - Medical hypotheses, 2017 - Elsevier
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine system disorder among women
of reproductive age. In several cases, PCOS women show infertility or subfertility and other …

Effect of intermittent fasting with or without caloric restriction on prostate cancer growth and survival in SCID mice

WC Buschemeyer III, JC Klink, JC Mavropoulos… - The …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
INTRODUCTION Caloric restriction (CR) delays cancer growth in animals, though
translation to humans is difficult. We hypothesized intermittent fasting (ie, intermittent …