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Obesity and Cancer
. Ed(S): Pischon, Tobias; Nimptsch, Katharina
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Description for Obesity and Cancer
Hardback. Editor(s): Pischon, Tobias; Nimptsch, Katharina. Series: Recent Results in Cancer Research. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBNS; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 561.
This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the relationship between obesity and cancer. It opens with a global perspective on obesity and cancer incidence, followed by in-depth discussions of those cancers for which we have sufficient evidence of a causal relationship with obesity. It addresses topics such as the effects of obesity on cancer incidence and cancer survival, the effects of weight gain and weight loss in adulthood on cancer risk, the effects of childhood and adolescent obesity, and the role of body fat distribution in cancer risk. Individual chapters discuss potential pathways for the observed associations and ... Read more
This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the relationship between obesity and cancer. It opens with a global perspective on obesity and cancer incidence, followed by in-depth discussions of those cancers for which we have sufficient evidence of a causal relationship with obesity. It addresses topics such as the effects of obesity on cancer incidence and cancer survival, the effects of weight gain and weight loss in adulthood on cancer risk, the effects of childhood and adolescent obesity, and the role of body fat distribution in cancer risk. Individual chapters discuss potential pathways for the observed associations and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Recent Results in Cancer Research
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319425405
SKU
V9783319425405
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Ref
99-15
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