Energy Balance and Hematologic Malignancies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mittelman, Steven D. (Editor), Berger, Nathan A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Series: Energy Balance and Cancer ; 5
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Pharmacology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Cancer Research.

The obesity pandemic continues to increase on a world-wide basis with over 70% of the United States population being either overweight or obese. Hematologic malignancies have recently been identified among the obesity associated malignancies spanning the lifespan from childhood to the elderly and in...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• The Epidemiology of Obesity and Hematologic Malignancies
• Adipocytes, Lipid Metabolism and Hematopoiesis
• Mechanisms Linking Obesity and Leukemia Prognosis
• Obesity and Multiple Myeloma
• The Impact of Obesity on Pharmacokinetics and Dosing of Leukemia Chemotherapy
• The Impact of Obesity on Stem Cell Transplant
• Obesity Following Childhood Leukemia: Mechanisms and Consequences
• Physical Activity and Recovery from Hematological Malignancy
• Index.