Abstract

ACTIS, Andrea Mariel  and  OUTOMURO, Delia. Digestive tract, obesity and cancer. Rev. gastroenterol. Perú [online]. 2010, vol.30, n.1, pp.55-59. ISSN 1022-5129.

Current statistics show that overweight and obesity are seriously increasing, mainly in occidental countries with high industrialization rate. Simultaneously sedentarism has increased as a consequence of technological comforts that the dominant market economy offers. Obesity, sedentarism, excessive adiposity, especially if centrally distributed, insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia interact for cancer development. Visceral adipose tissue is considerate as an endocrine organ which produces and liberates cytokines and inflammatory peptides with hormonal and metabolic signals. Although there are several obesity-related types of cancer, in this paper we focus on digestive system tumors.

Keywords : Aparato Digestivo; Obesidad; Cáncer Digestivo; Digestive System; Obesity; Digestive Cancer.

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