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Adiposity and Gastrointestinal Malignancy

Author(s) -

Joji Kitayama,

Masafumi Tabuchi,

Giichiro Tsurita,

Makoto Ishikawa,

Kensuke Otani,

Hirokazu Nagawa

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

digestion

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.882

H-Index - 75

eISSN - 1421-9867

pISSN - 0012-2823

DOI - 10.1159/000167863

Subject(s) - medicine , adiponectin , malignancy , cancer , gastrointestinal cancer , gastroenterology , hypertriglyceridemia , pathophysiology , metastasis , obesity , oncology , colorectal cancer , insulin resistance , triglyceride , cholesterol

Recent epidemiologic studies have shown a positive association between obesity and certain cancers. Our retrospective studies show that hypertriglyceridemia is an independent risk factor for the development of colonic adenoma and nodal metastasis in early gastric and esophageal cancer in men. High-fat condition may be favorable for the growth of malignant cells. Serum level of adiponectin is reduced in patients with advanced gastric cancer, which may be associated with the positive link between adiposity and cancer. In early gastric cancer, patients with undifferentiated type have lower fat volume than those with differentiated type. Adiposity appears to be closely related with various aspects in pathophysiology of gastrointestinal malignancy.

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