Impact of Energy Balance on Cancer Disparities

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Obesity and Cancer in Appalachia

   • Rory C. Weier, Jesse J. Plascak, James L. Fisher, Electra D. Paskett

   Pages 1-18

3. Disparities in Cancer Outcomes: A UK Perspective

   • Donald J. Nicolson, Una Macleod, David Weller

   Pages 19-36

4. Behavioral Differences Leading to Disparities in Energy Balance and Cancer

   • Donna Spruijt-Metz, Lauren Cook, C. K. Freddy Wen, Robert Garcia, Gillian A. O’Reilly, Ya-Wen Hsu et al.

   Pages 37-61

5. Impact of Obesity, Race, and Ethnicity on Cancer Survivorship

   • Kathryn H. Schmitz, Tanya Agurs-Collins, Marian L. Neuhouser, Lisa Pollack, Sarah Gehlert

   Pages 63-90

6. The Biology of Aging: Role in Cancer, Metabolic Dysfunction, and Health Disparities

   • Nathan K. LeBrasseur, Derek M. Huffman, Gerald V. Denis

   Pages 91-118

7. Energy Balance and Multiple Myeloma in African Americans

   • Graham A. Colditz, Kari Bohlke, Su-Hsin Chang, Kenneth Carson

   Pages 119-129

8. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Obesity and Inflammatory Genes in African Americans with Colorectal Cancer

   • Melissa Kang, Temitope O. Keku

   Pages 131-163

9. Ethnic Differences in Insulin Resistance as a Mediator of Cancer Disparities

   • Rebecca E. Hasson, Michael I. Goran

   Pages 165-199

10. Role of Ethnic Differences in Mediators of Energy Balance

    • Sarah S. Cohen, Loren Lipworth

    Pages 201-232

11. Community-Based Strategies to Alter Energy Balance in Underserved Breast Cancer Survivors

    • Melinda Stolley

    Pages 233-257

12. The Role of Policy in Reducing Inflammation

    • Deborah J. Bowen, Stacey Zawacki

    Pages 259-282

13. Cancer Prevention Through Policy Interventions That Alter Childhood Disparities in Energy Balance

    • Debra Haire-Joshu

    Pages 283-303

14. Back Matter

    Pages 305-308

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​​​​This volume reviews disparities in cancer genetics, etiology, treatment and survivorship that are associated with differences in energy balance and how those differences and disparities may be affected by geography, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, biology, behavior and others. State-of-the-art strategies are outlined to alter these problems at the individual, community and policy levels. The book provides a comprehensive assessment of the multiple contributions of disparities in energy balance and how they affect cancer. this volume should constitute a valuable resource to disparity focused investigators at all levels and serves an important guide to professionals that deal with these issues, especially those who determine and implement policy.

• cancer disparaties
• energy balance
• epidemiology
• Metabolomics

• Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, USA

  Deborah J. Bowen

• Boston University, Boston, USA

  Gerald V. Denis

• Center for Science, Health & Society, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA

  Nathan A. Berger

Deborah J. Bowen, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Community Health Sciences at Boston University. She is currently an investigator in the regional Cancer Prevention Network, focused on community-based research of cancer-prevention targets. She recently completed a Melanoma study which adapts a cancer-related behavior change intervention for delivery via the Internet. She has been the principal investigator of several NIH-funded grants involving breast cancer risk communications, including the Breast Cancer Risk Counseling Studies, the RISK study and the WIRES study. Dr. Bown has published over 260 peer reviewed papers and has received 6,997 citations in her scientific career. Gerald V. Denis, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Boston University. His research focuses on B cell proliferation in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He has published 25 peer reviewed papers and has received over 460 citations. Nathan A. Berger, MD is the Hanna-Payne Professor of Experimental Medicine and Director of the Center for Science, Health and Society. He is Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Oncology at Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine. Dr. Berger is a member of many professional societies including the American Society of Hematology, American Society of Biological Chemists, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research, American Society of Clinical Investigation, and the American Association of Physicians. Dr. Berger serves on and chairs many national peer review panels and committees for the National Cancer Institute. He chaired the NCI Scientific Review Group Subcommittee D for Clinical Research Program Project Grant Applications and the NCI/National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Special Emphasis Review Panel.

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