Obesity and cancer risk: Emerging biological mechanisms and perspectives

2018/11/13 by Konstantinos I. Avgerinos, Konstantinos Avgerinos, Nikolaos Spyrou +3 · 1,580 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Bioinformatics #Biology #Cancer #Cancer Risks and Factors #Cancer prevention #Cancer research #Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism #Endocrinology #Environmental health #Internal medicine #Medicine #Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer #Obesity #Oncology #Physiology #Population

paper · doi:10.1016/j.metabol.2018.11.001

published in Metabolism 92, 121-135 (Elsevier BV)

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