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Oakley Olson

joined in Apr 12, 2018

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, United States.

Olson has 1 break published.

Obesity: The heavyweight of cancer

Obesity rivals tobacco as the leading preventable risk factor leading to cancer and is associated with reduced patient survival. While most people are aware of the connection between smoking and cancer, the connection with obesity is currently underappreciated. In fact, it is estimated that obesity... click to read more

Daniela Quail | Assistant Professor at Goodman Cancer Research Centre, Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Oakley Olson | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, United States

Johanna Joyce | Professor at Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

cancer

obesity

antibodies

metastasis

Reading time 4 min

published on Apr 12, 2018

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