Energy Balance and Gastrointestinal Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Markowitz, Sanford D. (Editor), Berger, Nathan A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Series: Energy Balance and Cancer ; 4
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Human physiology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Human Physiology.

The gastrointestinal track provides one of the distinct systems where multiple malignancies, including adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, esophagus and colon are each associated with obesity. This unique association is covered in this volume of Energy Balance and Cancer from the epidemiologic, biologic...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Obesity and Gastrointestinal Cancers: Epidemiology
• Genetics of Colon Cancer Susceptibility.- Dietary Modulation of Colon Cancer: Effects on Intermediary Metabolism, Mucosal Cell Differentiation and Inflammation
• The ApcMin/+ Mouse Model to Study the Effects of Exercise on Gastrointestinal Malignancy
• Obesity and the Pathogenesis of Barrett’s Esophagus
• Obesity and Pancreatic Cancer
• Obesity, Insulin Resistance Pathway Factors and Colon Cancer
• Ras/Raf and their Influence in Glycolysis in Colon Cancer
• Energy Balance and Other Modifiable Host Factors on Colorectal Cancer Prognosis
• Cyclooxygenase-2 and Chronic Inflammation:  Drivers of Colorectal Tumorigenesis
• Index.