Life Style-Related Diseases of the Digestive System: Colorectal Cancer as a Life Style-Related Disease: from Carcinogenesis to Medical Treatment

• Main Authors: Hirokazu Takahashi (Author), Kyoko Yoneda (Author), Ayako Tomimoto (Author), Hiroki Endo (Author), Toshio Fujisawa (Author), Hiroshi Iida (Author), Hironori Mawatari (Author), Yuichi Nozaki (Author), Tamon Ikeda (Author), Tomoyuki Akiyama (Author), Masato Yoneda (Author), Masahiko Inamori (Author), Yasunobu Abe (Author), Satoru Saito (Author), Atsushi Nakajima (Author), Hitoshi Nakagama (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Life style-related diseases are associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). Recently, an association has been demonstrated between obesity and CRC. CRC has been associated with markers of insulin or glucose control, and insulin resistance might be the unifying mechanism by which se...