Abstract Purpose of Review Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological
malignancy and represents a notorious threat to women's health worldwide. Endometrial …

Leptin is a hormone secreted mainly by adipocytes; physiologically, it participates in the
control of appetite and energy expenditure. However, it has also been linked to tumor …

The evidence linking obesity with ovarian cancer remains controversial. Leptin is expressed
at higher levels in obese women and stimulates cell migration in other epithelial cancers …

Purpose: This study tested whether there exists a correlation between leptin receptors
(LEPR) expression with proliferation and neoangiogenesis in colorectal carcinoma …

Obesity has an influence on the risk and prognosis of different types of cancers of the female
reproductive tract. In the uterus, a common site for neoplasms is the endometrium, the inner …

Purpose: Carcinoma of the colon occurs quite more often in obese than in healthy people.
The key molecule in the development of obesity is leptin, a product of Ob gene that …

Background: There is no information on the effects of leptin receptors expression on mucin-
histochemical alterations in human colorectal adenocarcinoma. Aim: Testing the correlation …

Results: We found that Ob-R expression was positively correlated with that of ER and PR (r=
1, p< 0.001; r= 0.943, p< 0.005, respectively), and there was a significant difference in Ob-R …

Obesity is related to many major diseases and cancers. Women have higher rates of obesity
and obesity is linked to commonly occurring cancers in women. However, there is a lack of …

Introduction: The level of leptin in the blood shows a positive, strong correlation with the
mass of adipose tissue. Being overweight and having metabolic disorders increase the risk …