CORRELATION BETWEEN OBESITY AND PANCREATIC CANCER
Autori:
Maja Pin, Davor Štimac
Sažetak
Karcinom gušterače agresivan je tumor s izrazito lošom prognozom, nedostatkom ranih dijagnostičkih simptoma i otpornošću na terapiju. Incidencija je približno jednaka stopi smrtnosti. Iako je posljednjih godina postignut određen napredak u definiranju morfoloških i ključnih genskih promjena, još je nejasno koji su čimbenici okidač njegova nastanka. Neki od čimbenika rizika jesu dob, spol i rasa, genetička podložnost, dijetetski čimbenici, povišena tjelesna temperatura, kronični pankreatitis, šećerna bolest te fizička neaktivnost.Istraživanja su pokazala da povećanje ITM-a posljedično dovodi do povećanja rizika od nastanka zloćudnih bolesti, pa tako i karcinoma gušterače. Proučavanje adipokina i njihove uloge u pretilosti i nastanku karcinoma gušterače potencijal su za buduće terapijske intervencije.
Summary
Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive tumor with a very poor prognosis, lack of early diagnostic symptoms and highly resistant to therapy. Its incidence is approximately equal to the mortality rate. Even though in recent years progress has been made in defining the morphological and key genetic changes, it is still unclear which factors trigger its occurrence. Some risk factors are age, gender and race, genetic susceptibility, dietary factors, fever, chronic pancreatitis, diabetes and physical inactivity. Studies have shown that an increase in BMI consequently leads to an increased risk of malignancies, including pancreatic cancer. Research based on adipokines and their role in obesity and the occurrence of pancreatic cancer are the potential for a possible future therapeutic interventions.
