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    Obesity linked to cancer — and now we finally know part of it

    • Last Update: 2022-02-20
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    Cancer is caused by genetic changes that disrupt the normal constraints on cell growth



    Associate Professor Nils Halberg

    The researchers found that changes in the environment surrounding the cancer cells, from a normal-weight body to an overweight or obese body, prompted the cancer cells to adapt


    "This means that obesity increases the risk of tumor formation even in the absence of new genetic mutations," said Associate Professor Nils Halberg


    "Scientifically dissecting the interaction of these two complex diseases is very interesting and


    Reference: “C/EBPB-dependent adaptation to palmitic acid promotes tumor formation in hormone receptor negative breast cancer” by Xiao-Zheng Liu, Anastasiia Rulina, Man Hung Choi, Line Pedersen, Johanna Lepland, Sina T.


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