| Literature DB >> 27624840 |
Matteo Ferro1, Daniela Terracciano2, Carlo Buonerba3, Giuseppe Lucarelli4, Danilo Bottero1, Sisto Perdonà5, Riccardo Autorino6, Alessandro Serino1, Francesco Cantiello7, Rocco Damiano7, Iulia Andras8, Sabino De Placido3, Giuseppe Di Lorenzo3, Michele Battaglia4, Barbara A Jereczek-Fossa9,10, Vincenzo Mirone11, Ottavio De Cobelli1,8,12.
Abstract
Obesity is associated with an increased risk of a number of serious medical conditions, including cancer. As far as prostate cancer is concerned, obesity is associated with an increased risk of high-grade tumors, which is possibly related to lower androgen levels. Diet may also affect prostate cancer risk since countries with a higher dietary fat intake also present higher prostate cancer mortality rates. Interestingly, prostate cancer is associated with a number of metabolic alterations that may provide valuable diagnostic and therapeutic targets. This review explores the available clinical as well as biological evidence supporting the relationship between obesity, diet, alteration in metabolic pathways and prostate cancer.Entities:
Keywords: diet; obesity; urologic/prostate
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27624840 PMCID: PMC5619099 DOI: 10.2217/fon-2016-0217
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Future Oncol ISSN: 1479-6694 Impact factor: 3.404