Nutritional oncology
By: editor-in-chief, David Heber.
Contributors: Heber, David.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Elsevier-Academic Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 822
ISBN-13: 9780120883936
Subjects: Cancer -- Nutritional aspects; Cancer -- Diet therapy; Neoplasms -- diet therapy; Neoplasms -- etiology; Neoplasms -- prevention & control; Nutrition Physiology
Description: The field of nutritional oncology aims to modify the environmental factors influencing the genetic changes and their expression at every stage of carcinogenesis, from the initiation of the cancer cell to its metastatic spread to other areas of the body. This text considers the biology of nutrition, evidence from the nutritional epidemiology of cancer, biological approaches to investigating cancer, gene-nutrient interaction, bioactive food components, the nutritional assessment and support of the cancer patient, and the problem of implementing nutrition in guidelines and clinical practice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fundamentals of human nutrition.; title: Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics.; title: Genetics and epigenetics in cancer biology.; title: Metabolic networks in cancer cells.; title: Energy balance and cancer.; title: Nutritional epidemiology.; title: Fruit and vegetable consumption and cancer.; title: Are whole grains protective against a variety of cancers?; title: Obesity and cancer risk.; title: Nutrition and tobacco-related cancers.; title: Alcohol and cancer.; title: Environmental toxins, nutrition, and cancer.; title: Endocrine and parcrine factors in carcinogenesis.; title: Oxidation and antioxidation in cancer.; title: Thiols in cancer.; title: Principles of tumor immunology.; title: Animal models in nutritional oncology research.; title: The challenge of nutrition in cancer prevention.; title: Dietary assessment.; title: Prostate cancer.; title: Breast cancer.; title: Skin cancer.; title: Colon cancer.; title: Gastric cancer.; title: Pancreatic cancer.; title: Bladder cancer.; title: Differentiation induction in leukemia and lymphoma.; title: Dietary supplements in cancer prevention and therapy.; title: Dietary fiber and carbohydrates.; title: Dietary lipids.; title: Calcium and vitamin D.; title: Soy isoflavones.; title: Selenium and cancer prevention.; title: Glucosinolates.; title: Green tea.; title: Garlic.; title: Berries.; title: Isoprenoids and novel inhibitors of mevalonate pathway activities.; title: Cancer anorexia and cachexia.; title: Weight management in the breast cancer survivor.; title: Nutrition support of the adult cancer patient.; title: Assessing endocrine effects of cancer and ectopic hormone syndromes.; title: Counseling the cancer survivor.; title: Nutritional support and quality of life.; title: Modern statistical methods in clinical nutrition.; title: Evidence-based practice management in cancer prevention and treatment.; title: Dietary guidelines in cancer prevention.; title: Dietary interventions.; title: Future directions in cancer and nutrition research: gene-nutrient interactions, networks, and the xenobiotic hypothesis.