Obesity is also associated with chronic low grade inflammation and an increase in macrophage-derived inflammatory mediators including TNF and PGE 2 ( Ghrelin in Cancer Ghrelin has been implicated in a multitude of cancers including colorectal, pituitary, head and neck, esophageal, liver, gastrointestinal, lung, neuroendocrine, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, pancreatic, thyroid, ovarian, prostate, and breast ( In a study of 53 female patients, including women with benign ovarian tumors and those with ovarian cancer, plasma concentrations of acyl ghrelin were significantly higher compared to the control population, whereas there was no difference between cancer and control groups when total ghrelin plasma levels were compared ( To date, few studies have examined circulating ghrelin levels in women with breast cancer or with a history of breast cancer ( In some hormone-dependent cancers, ghrelin has been shown to have pro-proliferative effects, whereas in others, it had anti-proliferative effects
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