ReviewCancers2020
Linking Obesity with Colorectal Cancer: Epidemiology and Mechanistic Insights.
Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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93 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 156 citations in OpenAlex.
- At what age should people with obesity start colorectal cancer screening?International journal of cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Mechanisms underlying obesity-malignancy connection: a systematic narrative review.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2025Pooled it
- Analysis of Body Mass Index in Early and Middle Adulthood and Estimated Risk of Gastrointestinal Cancer.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- Global, regional, and national burden of early-onset and late-onset colorectal cancer, 1990-2021: a comparative analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.Future science OA · 2026Article
- Obesity-driven microbial GABA depletion promotes metabolic rewiring and colorectal cancer progression.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Association Between ER/PR-Positive Breast Tumors and Digestive Cancers.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- From Leaky Gut to a Vulnerable Brain: Obesity-Associated Gut Barrier Failure in Colorectal Cancer and Cognitive Dysfunction.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Unravelling the effects of selective estrogen receptor modulators on colorectal cancer: a prognostic role for insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5.Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2026Article
- Cardiovascular health assessed by Life's Essential 8 score, genetic risk, colonoscopy status, and risk of colorectal cancer: an analysis of UK Biobank.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Estimating the global macroeconomic impact of colorectal cancer: evidence from Global Burden of Disease 2021 and Value of a Statistical Life Year framework.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- Microbiome-derived cancer: the catabolism of bilirubin to urobilin in the liver-gut axis and its consequences.Gastroenterology report · 2026Review
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- Perioperative characteristics and outcomes of colorectal cancer in elderly patients.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2026Article
- The Role of Noncoding RNAs in the Prognosis and Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer: An Emerging Biomarker.MicroRNA (Shariqah, United Arab Emirates) · 2026Review
- The healthy eating index 2020 and colorectal cancer risk: a prospective study based on the PLCO cohort.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Mortality and Survival Trends Among Hispanics Living in Puerto Rico (2000-2021): A Comparison Between Early-Onset and Average-Onset Disease.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring metabolic pathways in gastrointestinal cancer: new evidence of causality.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Obesity-Related Cancers in Relation to Use of Statins and Testosterone Replacement Therapy Among Older Women: SEER-Medicare 2007-2015.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Bacteria-Based Roles in Solid Tumors: Potential for Prevention and Treatment.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Black-White disparities across the colorectal cancer care continuum in the USA.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025Review
33 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The incidence of obesity and colorectal cancer (CRC) has risen rapidly in recent decades. More than 650 million obese and 2 billion overweight individuals are currently living in the world. CRC is the third most common cancer. Obesity is regarded as one of the key environmental risk factors for the pathogenesis of CRC. In the present review, we mainly focus on the epidemiology of obesity and CRC in the world, the United States, and China. We also summarize the molecular mechanisms linking obesity to CRC in different aspects, including nutriology, adipokines and hormones, inflammation, gut microbiota, and bile acids. The unmet medical needs for obesity-related CRC are still remarkable. Understanding the molecular basis of these associations will help develop novel therapeutic targets and approaches for the treatment of obesity-related CRC.
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