Esophageal adenocarcinoma and obesity: peritumoral adipose tissue plays a role in lymph node invasion

Esophageal adenocarcinoma and obesity: peritumoral adipose tissue plays a role in lymph node invasion

Obesity is associated with cancer risk in esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). Adipose tissue directly stimulates tumor progression independently from body mass index (BMI), but the mechanisms are not fully understood. We studied the morphological, histological and molecular characteristics of peritumor...

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Main Authors: Trevellin, Elisabetta, Scarpa, Marco, Carraro, Amedeo, Lunardi, Francesca, Kotsafti, Andromachi, Porzionato, Andrea, Saadeh, Luca, Cagol, Matteo, Alfieri, Rita, Tedeschi, Umberto, Calabrese, Fiorella, Castoro, Carlo, Vettor, Roberto
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Impact Journals LLC 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4484450/

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