Breast Cancer and Postmenopausal Obesity: the Risk Factors in this Relationship

Clarissa Germano Barp; Durinézio Jose de Almeida; Guilherme Barroso Langoni de Freitas

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Breast Cancer and Postmenopausal Obesity: the Risk Factors in this Relationship

Clarissa Germano Barp, Durinézio Jose de Almeida, Guilherme Barroso Langoni de Freitas

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Received: 16 February 2014 Published: 10 March 2014

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Abstract

The prevalence of obesity is increasing rapidly in both the developed and the developing countries, thus contributing to the occurrence of other diseases, e.g. hypertension, diabetes and breast cancer. Breast cancer involves a multifactorial process in which the surrounding microenvironment is known to be of great importance in the development and progression of the disease. Thus, adipose tissue, due to its immunological, metabolic and endocrine properties, may play a crucial role in the onset and progression of the disease. The relationship between obesity and breast cancer needs to be studied and characterized so that more effective treatments can be developed, faster and more secure diagnostic and prognostic tests might emerge and, mainly, so that public policies can be designed to prevent the increasing incidence of the disease related to obesity. The main hypotheses regarding the increased risk of developing breast cancer among obese women, i.e. sex hormones, adipokines, insulin and cytokines, are discussed in this review.

Published in	Cancer Research Journal (Volume 2, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.crj.20140201.12
Page(s)	9-14
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Obesity, Breast cancer, Adipokines, Sex hormones, Cytokines, Insulin

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Clarissa Germano Barp

Department of Pharmacy, State University of Center-West, Camargo Varela de Sá, 03, Vila Carli, Guarapuava, Paraná, Brazil
Durinézio Jose de Almeida

Department of Biology, State University of Maringá. Colombo Avenue, 5790, Zone 07, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
Guilherme Barroso Langoni de Freitas

Department of Pharmacy, State University of Center-West, Camargo Varela de Sá, 03, Vila Carli, Guarapuava, Paraná, Brazil

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