Inhibition of tumor induction and development
By: edited by Morris S. Zedeck and Martin Lipkin.
Contributors: Zedeck, Morris S.; Lipkin, Martin, 1926-
Publisher: Plenum Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Tumors -- Prevention.; Antineoplastic agents -- Physiological effect.; Carcinogens -- Metabolism.; Cancer -- Chemoprevention.; Carcinogens, Environmental -- Antagonists and inhibitors.; Neoplasms -- Prevention and control.; Neoplasms -- Immunology.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Inhibition of chemical carcinogenesis by phenols, coumarins, aromatic isothiocyanates, flavones, and indoles / Lee W. Wattenberg and Luke K.T. Lam; title: Inhibition of carcinogen metabolism and action by disulfiram, pyrazole and related compounds / Emerich S. Fiala; title: Retinoids and chemoprevention of cancer / Michael B. Sporn and Dianne L. Newton; title: Ascorbic acid inhibition of N-nitroso compound formation in chemical, food, and biological systems / Sidney S. Mirvish; title: [Alpha]-tocopherol (vitamin E) and its relationship to tumor induction and development / Harold L. Newmark and William J. Mergens; title: Trace elements and metals as anticarcinogens / Maryce M. Jacobs and A. Clark Griffin; title: Plant sterols protective-role in chemical carcinogenesis / Bertram Ira Cohen and Robert Franklin Raicht; title: Immunoprevention / Hans Olov Sjörgen; title: Summation and future challenges / Rulon W. Rawson, Martin Lipkin, and Morris S. Zedeck.