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Cancer Epidemiology: The need for Global Information sharing in obesity
and cancer?Edinburgh, August 2011
Faina Linkov, PhDResearch Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
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What is cancer?Cancer is a term used for diseases in
which abnormal cells divide without control and are able to invade other tissues.
Only 5–10% of all cancer cases can be attributed to genetic defects, whereas the remaining 90–95% have their roots in the environment and lifestyle.
Cancer is not just one disease but many diseases. There are more than 100 different types of cancer.
While many diseases (such as heart failure) may have a worse prognosis than most cases of cancer, it is the subject of widespread fear and taboos.
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Increase in uterine cancer mortality might be associated with increase in obesity epidemic
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Why is it important to prevent cancer?
• Treatment options are not available for several forms of cancer
• Existing cancer treatments do not target specific cancer cells
• Existing cancer treatments have many undesirable side effects and are not always 100% effective
• One of the main causes of failure in the treatment of cancer is the development of drug resistance by the cancer cells.
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Obesity and Cancer: Mechanisms
Adipose tissue is an active endocrine organ
Mechanisms by which adipose tissue may influence cancer risk
- Production of sex steroid hormones (e.g., estrogen, androgen) - Effects on insulin sensitivity and production of insulin-like growth
factors - Actions on other hormones in adipose tissue (e.g., leptin,
adiponectin) - Increases in oxidative stress and chronic low-grade inflammation
that affect the body’s immune response
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Obesity as a common phenomenon
In 2009, no state met the Healthy People 2010 obesity target of 15%, and the self-reported overall prevalence of obesity among U.S. adults had increased 1.1 percentage points from 2007.
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What is media saying about obesity and cancer?
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2003
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-05-25-obesity_x.htm
2005
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2007
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2007
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What is the awareness of obesity as a risk factor for
cancer?
Data from American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR)
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How much excess weight is too much???
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Obesity and Mortality from CancerNEJM April 2003
NEJM 348:1625(April 2003)
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Mortality from Cancer According to BMI for U.S. Men in the
Cancer Prevention Study II
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My research interests:Endometrial cancer risk reduction
in the context of weight loss through bariatric surgery
Why bariatric surgery?Traditional diet and exercise
weight loss programs do not result in sustainable weight loss. Up to 90% of dieters regain weight. Bariatric surgery potentially offers means to lose weight and keep it off
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Unadjusted cumulative mortality for subjects who underwent bariatric surgery vs. controls
From Sjöström et al. August 23, 2007
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Endometrial Cancer: Incidence and Prevalence
• Most common gynecologic cancer• 4th most common in women (US)• 5th most common in women (worldwide)• approximately 39,080 new cases of
endometrial cancer are diagnosed yearly in the US
• about 7400 women will die from the disease this year
• While we do not have specific markers for endometrial cancer, we know that various inflammatory markers, adipokines, and cancer antigens have been associated with the disease
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What kind of studies can we propose?
It is particularly interesting to explore weight loss in relation to endometrial cancer risk because limited evidence suggests that premalignant changes in the endometrium can potentially be reversed with achieving more optimal weight.
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Why is bariatric surgery patients ideal group for this research?
• Rapid weight loss within short period of time• High risk for endometrial cancer and other
malignancies• Many routine care appointments (can overlap
with research appointments)• Relatively healthy, potential for long term
follow up
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Information that is being collected• Blood• Urine• Health forms (including
General Health form, reproductive health form, SF-36, CES-D, MAQ, Sleep scale)
• Endometrial biopsy (only for a pilot study supported by Scaife foundation)
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1938The era of cancer treatment
2011The era of cancer prevention
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Baruch Blumberg and prevention of liver cancer
(July 28, 1925 – April 5, 2011)
Discovery of hepatitis vaccine prevented large number of primary liver cancers, especially in the developed world
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Cancer Supercourse Status
• Over 200 lectures• Over 500 faculty members with interest in
cancer• Translation in up to 5 languages for selected
sets of lectures
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Raj Bhopal: Concepts of Epidemiology course in the Supercourse
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Future directions
• The long-term goal is to investigate mechanisms by which obesity promotes endometrial cancer development and weight loss reduces the risk of endometrial cancer development.
• Targeting studies where patients lost weight through means other than bariatric surgery is one of the things that we are currently working on
• Sharing information about cancer prevention with scientists around the world using the Supercourse
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At the end of our fight against cancer, there can be only one…
That one is prevention
Contact Faina Linkov at [email protected] with any questions or
new ideas.