Overweight, obesity and cancer: epidemiological evidence and proposed mechanisms

Nat Rev Cancer. 2004 Aug;4(8):579-91. doi: 10.1038/nrc1408.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biological Availability
  • Epidemiologic Studies
  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones / pharmacokinetics
  • Humans
  • Hyperinsulinism / physiopathology
  • Inflammation
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Neoplasms / physiopathology*
  • Obesity / complications*
  • Obesity / epidemiology*
  • Public Health

Substances

  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones