The basic mechanisms the influence of metabolic syndrome on the risk and prognosis of breast cancer (review)

Abstract

Breast cancer and metabolic syndrome remains one of the most urgent problems of modern medicine worldwide. In this review, highlights the molecular pathways that underlie the negative impact of metabolic syndrome on the risk and prognosis of breast cancer. A better understanding of these pathways will help to optimize prevention and treatment of breast cancer in patients with metabolic syndrome.

Keywords

• breast cancer
• metabolic syndrome
• breast cancer risk and prognosis
• the molecular mechanisms