| Title |
The Two Major Epidemics of the Twenty-First Century: Obesity and Cancer
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Obesity Surgery, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11695-011-0490-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Orit Kaidar-Person, Gil Bar-Sela, Benjamin Person |
| Abstract |
It is a well-known fact that severe obesity is associated with the metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and other diseases. Epidemiological studies have suggested that obesity is also associated with increased risk of several cancer types. The number of people who are suffering from severe obesity is growing, and clinical data suggest that severely obese patients belong to a unique population with regards to risk, efficacy of screening, and cancer treatment. This review will point out the potential mechanism linking obesity and cancer and will discuss several challenges in various treatment modalities of cancer in obese patients. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 73 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 72 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 16 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 14% |
| Researcher | 9 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 10% |
| Other | 10 | 14% |
| Unknown | 9 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 32% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 15% |
| Unknown | 10 | 14% |