1. Linking Obesity with Colorectal Cancer: Epidemiology and Mechanistic Insights.
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Ye, Pengfei, Xi, Yue, Huang, Zhiying, and Xu, Pengfei
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OBESITY complications ,COLON tumors ,HORMONES ,MEDICAL needs assessment ,OBESITY ,RECTUM tumors ,WORLD health ,GUT microbiome ,DISEASE incidence ,ADIPOKINES ,DISEASE risk factors - Abstract
The incidence of obesity and colorectal cancer (CRC) has risen rapidly in recent decades. More than 650 million obese and 2 billion overweight individuals are currently living in the world. CRC is the third most common cancer. Obesity is regarded as one of the key environmental risk factors for the pathogenesis of CRC. In the present review, we mainly focus on the epidemiology of obesity and CRC in the world, the United States, and China. We also summarize the molecular mechanisms linking obesity to CRC in different aspects, including nutriology, adipokines and hormones, inflammation, gut microbiota, and bile acids. The unmet medical needs for obesity-related CRC are still remarkable. Understanding the molecular basis of these associations will help develop novel therapeutic targets and approaches for the treatment of obesity-related CRC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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