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Obesity and Cancer: The Role of Dysfunctional Adipose Tissue
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 09/18/09

van Kruijsdijk RCM et al. – Overweight and obesity are health problems of epidemic proportions, increasing the risk not only of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus but also of various types of cancer. This article reviews these mechanisms, focusing on adipose tissue dysfunction as a unifying causal factor. Although understanding of the link between obesity and cancer might provide therapeutic targets, preventing overweight and obesity still remains number one priority.

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