Main description:

The Link between Obesity and Cancer provides a comprehensive review on the relationship between obesity and cancer, presenting global perspectives on obesity and cancer incidence that are followed by in-depth discussions on cancers for which we have new evidence of a causal relationship with obesity. Readers will gain fundamental knowledge on which cancer types are related to obesity. In addition, this updated resource provides significant knowledge for clinicians on when to act, along with specific management guidelines for patients, as well as how to understand potential risk factors and how to directly or indirectly minimize these risks.

The book also provides never-before-published scientific data for any researcher in the field, identifying molecular mechanisms and links behind the development of malignancy and promoting research in new and effective target pathways in developing therapeutic strategies.

Contents:

1. The obesity pandemic
2. Physiology of obesity and metabolism
3. The biology and genetics of cells and organism
4. The nature of cancer
5. Obesity and correlation with cancer
6. Obesity and breast cancer
7. Obesity and prostate cancer
8. Obesity and colorectal cancer
9. Obesity and kidney cancer
10. Obesity and liver gallbladder and pancreas cancer
11. Obesity and upper GI cancers
12. Obesity and head and neck cancer
13. Obesity and gynecological cancers
14. Obesity and brain cancer
15. Obesity and thyroid cancer
16. Obesity and blood cancers
17. Obesity biomarkers, risk factors and prevention
18. Obesity and cancers prospects