Insulin Resistance and Cancer : Epidemiology, Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications (Energy Balance and Cancer) <Vol. 1>

This book reviews the epidemiological associations between insulin resistance and cancer. For example some tumors present increased quantities of the fetal form of the insulin receptor, unique regulation of oxidative (Krebs' cycle) metabolism (Warburg effect), as well as mutations in various relevant signaling pathways.