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Advances in Nutrition and Cancer

  • Covers the topic of nutrition and cancer from different perspectives and through distinct and up-to-date experimental approaches
  • Explores the relation between lifestyle, diet, and cancer
  • Addresses issues of vital interest to the research community
  • Discusses the significance of emerging molecular technologies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 159)

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Table of contents (26 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Life Style, Diet and Cancer

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Diet as a Cause of Human Prostate Cancer

      • William G. Nelson, Angelo M. DeMarzo, Srinivasan Yegnasubramanian
      Pages 51-68
    3. Mediterranean Dietary Pattern and Chronic Diseases

      • Salvatore Panico, Amalia Mattiello, Camilla Panico, Paolo Chiodini
      Pages 69-81
    4. Dietary Salt Intake and Risk of Gastric Cancer

      • Lanfranco D’Elia, Ferruccio Galletti, Pasquale Strazzullo
      Pages 83-95
    5. Alcoholic Beverages and Carbonated Soft Drinks: Consumption and Gastrointestinal Cancer Risks

      • Rosario Cuomo, Paolo Andreozzi, Francesco Paolo Zito
      Pages 97-120
  3. Natural Dietary Molecules

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
    2. Anti-Inflammatory and Anticancer Drugs from Nature

      • Barbora Orlikova, Noémie Legrand, Jana Panning, Mario Dicato, Marc Diederich
      Pages 123-143
    3. Resveratrol: From Basic Studies to Bedside

      • Adriana Borriello, Debora Bencivenga, Ilaria Caldarelli, Annunziata Tramontano, Alessia Borgia, Vincenzo Zappia et al.
      Pages 167-184
    4. Quercetin: A Pleiotropic Kinase Inhibitor Against Cancer

      • Gian Luigi Russo, Maria Russo, Carmela Spagnuolo, Idolo Tedesco, Stefania Bilotto, Roberta Iannitti et al.
      Pages 185-205
    5. Sulforaphane as a Promising Molecule for Fighting Cancer

      • Monia Lenzi, Carmela Fimognari, Patrizia Hrelia
      Pages 207-223
  4. Genetics and Epigenetics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
    2. Functions, Aberrations, and Advances for Chromatin Modulation in Cancer

      • Mariarosaria Conte, Lucia Altucci
      Pages 227-239
    3. Epigenetics and Epidemiology: Models of Study and Examples

      • Karin van Veldhoven, Shati Rahman, Paolo Vineis
      Pages 241-255
    4. Dietary Epigenetics in Cancer and Aging

      • Trygve O. Tollefsbol
      Pages 257-267
    5. Breast Cancer and the Importance of Early Life Nutrition

      • Karen A. Lillycrop, Graham C. Burdge
      Pages 269-285

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

    Vincenzo Zappia, Fulvio Della Ragione

  • Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy

    Salvatore Panico

  • Institute of Food Sciences National Research Council, Avellino, Italy

    Gian Luigi Russo

  • Dept. of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy

    Alfredo Budillon

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Nutrition and Cancer

  • Editors: Vincenzo Zappia, Salvatore Panico, Gian Luigi Russo, Alfredo Budillon, Fulvio Della Ragione

  • Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38007-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-38006-8Published: 28 October 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50886-2Published: 27 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-38007-5Published: 10 October 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0927-3042

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 460

  • Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Oncology, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Epidemiology, Biomedicine general, Human Genetics, Metabolic Diseases

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