Focus on Gynecologic Malignancies / edited by Nathan A. Berger, Ann H. Klopp, Karen H. Lu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berger, Nathan A., editor.

Klopp, Ann H., editor.

Lu, Karen H., editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Energy balance and cancer 2199-2622 ; 13.

Energy Balance and Cancer, 2199-2622 ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Cancer--Research.

Cancer.

Gynecology.

Biomedicine.

Cancer Research.

Local Subjects:

Biomedicine.

Cancer Research.

Gynecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIII, 312 pages 17 illustrations, 15 illustrations in color).

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.

System Details:

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Summary:

Gynecologic malignancies, especially endometrial and ovarian cancers are among the most important and most severely affected by obesity. This volume of Energy Balance and Cancer, written by the world's leading experts in this field, is arranged to provide a transdisciplinary assessment of the pertinent issues, results of relevant research on mechanisms, and control, strategies for dealing with affected patients and improving outcomes and future research needs. The volume comprehensively covers the epidemiology linking obesity to endometrial and ovarian cancer as well as the public awareness of this critical problem. Subsequent chapters explain biologic aspects of linkages between energy balance and gynecologic malignancies. The volume further outlines strategies to disrupt the linkage between obesity and gynecologic malignancies and concludes with a series of chapters focused on management strategies for obese patients with gynecologic malignancies. This volume provides a valuable resource for all physicians, scientists and other transdisciplinary investigators and practitioners interested and involved in energy balance and cancer. It should be a particularly useful guide to optimize outcomes for all practitioners dealing with patients with gynecologic malignancies challenged by energy balance issues. Moreover, it should serve as a useful guide to students and investigators interested in conducting further research on defining and disrupting the important linkage between energy balance and gynecologic malignancies.

Contents:

1. Epidemiologic Evidence for the Obesity-Endometrial Cancer Relationship

2. Epidemiologic Relationship Between Obesity and Ovarian Cancer

3. Public Knowledge of Obesity and Gynecologic Cancer Risk

4. Role of Estrogen and Progesterone in Obesity Associated Gynecologic Cancers

5. Obesity and Endometrial Cancer Precursors

6. Obesity, Adipokines, and Gynecologic Cancer

7. Adipose Derived Stromal Cells in Gynecologic Cancers

8. Obesity and Endometrial Cancer: Mouse Models for Preclinical Prevention Studies

9. Lifestyle Interventions to Reduce the Risk of Obesity-Associated Gynecologic Malignancies: A Focus on Endometrial Cancer

10. Hormonal and Metabolic Strategies to Overcome Insulin Resistance and Prevent Endometrial Cancer

11. Management of Endometrial Cancer Precursors in Obese Women

12. Exercise and Lifestyle Interventions in Gynecologic Cancer Survivors

13. Physical Activity as a Risk Factor for Ovarian Cancer

14. Impact of Obesity on Surgical Approaches to Gynecologic Malignancies

15. Obesity, Fertility Preservation and Gynecologic Cancers

16. Metformin as Adjuvant Therapy in Ovarian and Endometrial Cancers.

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Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319634838

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