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Bioactive Compounds and Cancer

  • Provides a set of dietary recommendations for patient care
  • Presented by outstanding leaders in nutrition and cancer
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Nutrition and Health (NH)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
  2. Understanding the Role of Nutrition in Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Diet and Epigenetics

      • Sharon A. Ross
      Pages 101-123
  3. Part 1: Understanding the Role of Nutrition in Health

    1. Monitoring the Burden of Cancer in the United States

      • Nadia Howlader, Sean F. Altekruse, Brenda K. Edwards
      Pages 3-23
    2. Cancer Biology and Nutrigenomics

      • John A. Milner, Donato F. Romagnolo
      Pages 25-43
    3. Nutrigenetics: The Relevance of Polymorphisms

      • Susan E. McCann, Michelle R. Roberts, Mary E. Platek, Christine B. Ambrosone
      Pages 71-99
  4. Role of Dietary Bioactive Components in Cancer Prevention and/or Treatment: Macroconstituents

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
    2. Fiber and Microbially Generated Active Components

      • Joanne L. Slavin, Maria L. Stewart
      Pages 165-180
    3. Saturated Fatty Acids and Cancer

      • Michele R. Forman, Somdat Mahabir
      Pages 213-233
    4. Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Cancer

      • Kent L. Erickson, Neil E. Hubbard, Alexander D. Borowsky, Patrizia Damonte
      Pages 235-251
  5. Part 2: Role of dietary bioactive components in cancer prevention and/or treatment : macroconstituents

    1. Dietary Energy Balance, Calorie Restriction, and Cancer Prevention

      • Stephen D. Hursting, Sarah M. Smith, Leticia Nogueira, Rebecca DeAngel, Laura Lashinger, Susan N. Perkins
      Pages 147-164
    2. Gut Microbiota, Probiotics, Prebiotics and Colorectal Cancer

      • Gemma E. Walton, Glenn R. Gibson
      Pages 181-193
    3. Meats, Protein and Cancer

      • Gunter G.C. Kuhnle, Sheila A. Bingham
      Pages 195-212
    4. Cancer and n–3PUFAs: The Translation Initiation Connection

      • B.H. Aktas, M. Chorev, J.A. Halperin
      Pages 253-273
    5. n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cancer

      • Marie Lof, Susan Olivo-Marston, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke
      Pages 275-307
  6. Role of Dietary Bioactive Components in Cancer Prevention and/or Treatment: Carotenoids, Vitamins and Minerals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 309-309
    2. Carotenoids

      • Brian L. Lindshield, John W. Erdman Jr
      Pages 311-333
  7. Part 3: Role of dietary bioactive components in cancer prevention and/or treatment : Carotenoinds, Vitamins and Minerals

    1. Vitamin A

      • A. Catharine Ross
      Pages 335-356

About this book

Because of the wealth of new information generated by the scientific community during the last decade on the role of nutrition on cancer risk, this book provides a forum for presentation and discussion of recent scientific data and highlights a set of dietary recommendations. Bioactive Compounds and Cancer presents chapters that highlight laboratory and clinical findings on how selected nutrients function as signaling molecules and, as such, influence cellular behavior and cancer predisposition. This important compendium focuses on understanding the role of nutrition in cancer biology, the molecular action of bioactive food components and xenobiotics on cancer risk, the role of dietary components in cancer prevention and/or treatment, and nutrition education with the most up to date dietary recommendations that may reduce cancer risk. This volume will be of interest to specialized health professionals, clinicians, nurses, basic and clinical researchers, graduate students, and health officials of public and private organizations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Nutritional Science Research Group Division of Cancer Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, USA

    John A. Milner

  • Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Donato F. Romagnolo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bioactive Compounds and Cancer

  • Editors: John A. Milner, Donato F. Romagnolo

  • Series Title: Nutrition and Health

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-627-6

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-60761-626-9Published: 08 June 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5747-7Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-60761-627-6Published: 25 June 2010

  • Series ISSN: 2628-197X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2628-1961

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 829

  • Topics: Oncology, Clinical Nutrition, Nutrition, Metabolic Diseases, Cancer Research, Primary Care Medicine

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Softcover Book USD 249.99
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Hardcover Book USD 329.99
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