New studies led by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers explore biological mechanisms behind obesity and its link with cancer.
Research findings presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019 explore possible reasons for obesity-related resistance to breast cancer treatment and possible strategies to overcome obesity-related immune suppression in cancer.
“I think we’re moving past the question of ‘is obesity an important cancer driver?’ to ‘what do we do about it?’” said UNC Lineberger’s Stephen Hursting, PhD, professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Department of Nutrition and the UNC Nutrition Research Institute. Hursting also served as one of the vice chairs of the meeting’s scientific program committee.