Obesity contributes to metastasis in ovarian cancer patients
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:51
in Health & Medicine
An increased body mass index is associated with a greater risk for ovarian cancer with worse overall survival, a large number of studies have shown. However, the influence of obesity on ovarian cancer metastasis had not been evaluated. Researchers set out to determine whether obesity contributes to ovarian cancer metastatic success. In other words, are tumor cells better able to successfully metastasize when the "host" is obese versus lean?