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Overweight, obesity and cancer: epidemiological evidence and proposed mechanisms

Calle, Eugenia E., Kaaks, Rudolf·2004·Nature reviews. Cancer

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  • Increased circulating insulin reduces the hepatic synthesis and blood levels of sex hormone binding globulin.

    “Increased circulating insulin has a number of indirect effects including a reduction in the hepatic synthesis and blood levels of sex hormone binding globulin, leading to increases in bioavailable estrogen in both men and women and increased levels of bioavailable testosterone in women but not in men (65).”

    From Diabetes and Cancer (2010) · cites this paper as [65]

  • Reduced sex hormone binding globulin leads to increased bioavailable testosterone in women but not in men.

    “Increased circulating insulin has a number of indirect effects including a reduction in the hepatic synthesis and blood levels of sex hormone binding globulin, leading to increases in bioavailable estrogen in both men and women and increased levels of bioavailable testosterone in women but not in men (65).”

    From Diabetes and Cancer (2010) · cites this paper as [65]

  • Reduced sex hormone binding globulin leads to increases in bioavailable estrogen in both men and women.

    “Increased circulating insulin has a number of indirect effects including a reduction in the hepatic synthesis and blood levels of sex hormone binding globulin, leading to increases in bioavailable estrogen in both men and women and increased levels of bioavailable testosterone in women but not in men (65).”

    From Diabetes and Cancer (2010) · cites this paper as [65]

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Authors
Calle, E. E., & Kaaks, R.
Affiliations
  • American Cancer Society (US)
  • Centre international de recherche sur le cancer (FR)
Corresponding author
Calle, Eugenia E.
Venue
Nature reviews. Cancer
Published
2004-08
Volume
4
Issue
8
Pages
579-591
ISSN
  • 1474-175X (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1768
OpenAlex
W1978281808
Cited by
3,613
References
216
Citations by year
2026: 93 · 2025: 95 · 2024: 113 · 2023: 153 · 2022: 159 · 2021: 176 · 2020: 236 · 2019: 159 · 2018: 189 · 2017: 238 · 2016: 212 · 2015: 233 · 2014: 230 · 2013: 253 · 2012: 208
FWCI
7.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature reviews. Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Keywords
obesity, overweight, cancer risk, carcinogenesis, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, inflammation
MeSH terms
Biological Availability, Humans, Hyperinsulinism, Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, Neoplasms, Obesity, Public Health, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Epidemiologic Studies

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