Associations of Insulin and IGFBP-3 with Lung Cancer Susceptibility in Current Smokers

Conclusions:
Independent of obesity, high insulin levels but reduced levels of IGFBP-3 were associated with increased lung cancer risk in current smokers.

Source: JNCI - April 11, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ho, G. Y. F., Zheng, S. L., Cushman, M., Perez-Soler, R., Kim, M., Xue, X., Wang, T., Schlecht, N. F., Tinker, L., Rohan, T. E., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Wallace, R., Chen, C., Xu, J., Yu, H. Tags: Article Source Type: research