Addressing the role of obesity in endometrial cancer risk, prevention, and treatment

MA Onstad, RE Schmandt, KH Lu - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2016 - ascopubs.org
In sharp contrast to many other cancer types, the incidence and mortality of endometrial
cancer continue to grow. This unfortunate trend is, in no small part, a result of the worldwide …

Obesity, neuroinflammation, and reproductive function

NM Lainez, D Coss - Endocrinology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The increasing occurrence of obesity has become a significant public health concern.
Individuals with obesity have higher prevalence of heart disease, stroke, osteoarthritis …

Menopause and women's cardiovascular health: is it really an obvious relationship?

K Ryczkowska, W Adach, K Janikowski… - Archives of medical …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cardiovascular diseases are common for men and women but there are differences
between the sexes in terms of clinical symptoms, pathophysiology and response to the …

Mangifera indica (Mango): A Promising Medicinal Plant for Breast Cancer Therapy and Understanding Its Potential Mechanisms of Action

KM Yap, M Sekar, LJ Seow, SH Gan… - … Cancer: Targets and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Globally, breast cancer is the most common cancer type and is one of the most significant
causes of deaths in women. To date, multiple clinical interventions have been applied …

Medical management of endometriosis

S Rafique, AH Decherney - Clinical obstetrics and gynecology, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Endometriosis is a chronic medical condition that affects around 6% to 10% of reproductive
age women. Pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and infertility are the most common presenting …

Minireview: parabens exposure and breast cancer

E Hager, J Chen, L Zhao - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is increasing recognition that environmental exposure to chemicals, such as
endocrine-disruptive chemicals (EDCs), contributes to the development of breast cancer …

Signals from the adipose microenvironment and the obesity–cancer link—a systematic review

C Himbert, M Delphan, D Scherer, LW Bowers… - Cancer prevention …, 2017 - AACR
Obesity and its associated metabolic dysregulation are established risk factors for many
cancers. However, the biologic mechanisms underlying this relationship remain …

Targeting sex steroid biosynthesis for breast and prostate cancer therapy

M Poutanen, M Hagberg Thulin, P Härkönen - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Sex steroids are major promoters of the growth of breast and prostate cancers. This Review
by Poutanen et al. describes the development of treatments for these cancer types that act to …

RET signaling pathway and RET inhibitors in human cancer

AT Regua, M Najjar, HW Lo - Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Rearranged during transfection (RET) receptor tyrosine kinase was first identified over thirty
years ago as a novel transforming gene. Since its discovery and subsequent pathway …

Obesity, estrogens and adipose tissue dysfunction–implications for pulmonary arterial hypertension

KM Mair, R Gaw, MR MacLean - Pulmonary circulation, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Obesity is a prevalent global public health issue characterized by excess body fat. Adipose
tissue is now recognized as an important endocrine organ releasing an abundance of …