Webinar
Event Material
Event Series
Obesity and Cancer
This webinar explored the intersectionality of obesity, cancer, and basic/translational research. The speakers discussed biological underpinnings of various genetic and immunological factors and their profound implications on obesity and its associated comorbidities in cancer risk prediction and survival characteristics. The interplay among various biological correlates of disparities in the obesity-inflammation-cancer linkage was described to assess its role and contribution for worse cancer outcomes and increased cancer risk seen among underrepresented minority populations. This is the second webinar in a series that focuses on the intersection of cancer, obesity and disparities within racially and ethnically diverse populations.
Speakers
“Insulin and aggressive breast cancer biology – two disciplines – one Disease”
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
“Obesity, diabetes and aggressive breast cancer: socioeconomics meets biology"
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
“Obesity primes chronic inflammatory cells that promote cancer”
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
Discussant
University of Michigan
Moderator
National Cancer Institute