Advances in Nutrition and Cancer: Indexed in PubMed/Medicine

"This book comprises proceedings from the Third International Conference on Advances in Nutrition and Cancer, held in Naples in May 2012 This highly multidisciplinary meeting analyzed “nutrition and cancer” from different perspectives and on the basis of distinct and up-to-date experimental approaches Knowledge on the relation between lifestyle, diet, and cancer is explored in a number of contributions, and the role of dietary intervention in cancer patients is discussed Issues of vital interest to the research community, such as epidemiological and experimental oncology (genetics, epigenetics, and the mechanisms of action of natural compounds in the diet), receive detailed consideration A further key topic is the emerging molecular technologies (the “omics”) that can cast light on the interplay between nutrition and human malignancies Chapters take the form of reviews that include sections presenting expert opinions Advances in Nutrition and Cancer will be an invaluable source of topical information for all researchers and clinicians with an interest in this field - Font no determinada Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Role of Metabolic Carcinogenesis in Cancer Causation and Prevention: Evidence from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition....Pages 3-20 Obesity, Energy Balance, and Cancer: A Mechanistic Perspective....Pages 21-33 Fruits and Vegetables: Updating the Epidemiologic Evidence for the WCRF/AICR Lifestyle Recommendations for Cancer Prevention....Pages 35-50 The Diet as a Cause of Human Prostate Cancer....Pages 51-68 Mediterranean Dietary Pattern and Chronic Diseases....Pages 69-81 Dietary Salt Intake and Risk of Gastric Cancer....Pages 83-95 Alcoholic Beverages and Carbonated Soft Drinks: Consumption and Gastrointestinal Cancer Risks....Pages 97-120 Front Matter....Pages 121-121 Anti-Inflammatory and Anticancer Drugs from Nature....Pages 123-143 Selenium and Cancer: A Story that Should not be Forgotten-Insights from Genomics....Pages 145-166 Resveratrol: From Basic Studies to Bedside....Pages 167-184 Quercetin: A Pleiotropic Kinase Inhibitor Against Cancer....Pages 185-205 Sulforaphane as a Promising Molecule for Fighting Cancer....Pages 207-223 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 Functions, Aberrations, and Advances for Chromatin Modulation in Cancer....Pages 227-239 Epigenetics and Epidemiology: Models of Study and Examples....Pages 241-255 Dietary Epigenetics in Cancer and Aging....Pages 257-267 Breast Cancer and the Importance of Early Life Nutrition....Pages 269-285 Front Matter....Pages 287-287 Olive Oil and Other Dietary Lipids in Breast Cancer....Pages 289-309 A Holistic Approach to Study the Effects of Natural Antioxidants on Inflammation and Liver Cancer....Pages 311-323 Extra Virgin Olive Oil: From Composition to “Molecular Gastronomy”....Pages 325-338 Front Matter....Pages 339-339 Life Style Prevention of Cancer Recurrence: The Yin and the Yang....Pages 341-351 Front Matter....Pages 353-353 New Perspective for an Old Antidiabetic Drug: Metformin as Anticancer Agent....Pages 355-376 Gut Microbes, Diet, and Cancer....Pages 377-399 Inflammatory Angiogenesis and the Tumor Microenvironment as Targets for Cancer Therapy and Prevention....Pages 401-426 Nutriomes and Personalised Nutrition for DNA Damage Prevention, Telomere Integrity Maintenance and Cancer Growth Control....Pages 427-441 Novel Approaches in Melanoma Prevention and Therapy....Pages 443-455 Concluding Remarks....Pages 457-460