Preface

Nathan A. Berger

Contributors

Chapter 1: Relevance of Circadian Rhythm in Cancer

Luciano DiTacchio, Kacee A. DiTacchio, and Satchidananda Panda

Chapter 2: Environmental Manipulation and Neuropeptide Effects on Energy Balance and Cancer

Lei Cao

Chapter 3: The MRL Mouse: A Model of Regeneration and Cancer

Ellen Herber-Katz and Robert K. Naviaux

Chapter 4: Living Large: What Mouse Models Reveal about Growth Hormone and Obesity

Darlene E. Berryman, Lara Householder, Vivian Lesende, Edward O. List, John J. Kopchick

Chapter 5: Mouse Models to Study Obesity Effects on Hematologic Malignancies

Jonathan Tucci and Steven D. Mittelman

Chapter 6: Energy Balance, IGF-1 and Cancer: Causal Lessons from Genetically Engineered Mice

Stephen D. Hursting, Emily L. Rossi, Laura W. Bowers, and Laura M. Lashinger

Chapter 7: Mouse Models to Study Leptin in Breast Cancer Stem Cells

Praveena S. Thiagarajan and Ofer Reizes

Chapter 8: Mouse Models used to study the effects of Diabetes, Insulin and IGFs on cancer

Zara Zelenko, Derek LeRoith, Emily J. Gallagher

Chapter 9: Impact of Energy Balance on Chemically Induced Mammary Carcinogenesis in the Rat

Henry J. Thompson

Chapter 10: Models and Mechanisms of High Fat Diet Promotion of Pancreatic Cancer

Hui-Hua Chang, Guido Eibl, and Enrique Rozengurt

Chapter 11: Maternal energetics and the developmental origins of prostate cancer in offspring

Emily C. Benesh and Kelle H. Moley

Chapter 12: Mouse Models to Study the Effect of Natural Products on Obesity Associated NAFLD/NASH

Dipali Sharma and Neeraj K. Saxena

Chapter 13: Mouse Models to Study Metformin Effects in Carcinogenesis

Abraham Schneider

Subject Index