Overview
- In-depth detail of basic concepts of insulin and cancer and how they interact.
- Reviews the epidemiological associations between insulin resistance and cancer.
- Focuses primarily on breast cancer as a key and significant model for cancer research and insulin.
Part of the book series: Energy Balance and Cancer (EBAC, volume 1)
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Book Title: Insulin Resistance and Cancer
Book Subtitle: Epidemiology, Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications
Editors: I. George Fantus
Series Title: Energy Balance and Cancer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9911-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-9910-8Published: 19 August 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2818-3Published: 19 April 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-9911-5Published: 19 August 2011
Series ISSN: 2199-2622
Series E-ISSN: 2199-2630
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 300
Topics: Cancer Research, Pharmacology/Toxicology