Recent advances have contributed to our understanding of how a plant-based diet confers many health advantages and how substances from plants may be effective in the prevention of specific cancers. The Ninth Annual Research Conference of the American Institute for Cancer Research has focused on the latest developments in several categories of nutrients of wide contemporary interests. The conference sessions included such topics as the effects of soy, green tea, selenium, wine, grapes, and spices in cancer prevention. This conference was held in Washington, D.C. on September 2nd and 3rd, 1999, and was entitled Nutrition and Cancer Prevention: New Insights Into the Roles of Phytochemicals.
The discussion program included a session that was devoted to the current status of herbal products in relation to cancer prevention, in recognition of the increasing attention that complementary and alternative medicine has been receiving from the scientific community as well as the general public. A separate presentation addressed the issue of nutritional supplements and cancer prevention.

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Book Title: Nutrition and Cancer Prevention
Book Subtitle: New Insights into the Role of Phytochemicals
Editors: American Institute for Cancer Research
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1283-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2001
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46545-1Published: 31 July 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5477-2Published: 12 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1283-7Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 347
Topics: Oncology, Public Health, Cancer Research, Nutrition

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

Front Matter

Soybeans and Cancer Prevention: A Complex Food and a Complex Disease

Dietary Soy Reduces Colon Carcinogenesis in Human and Rats

Soy and Risk of Hormone-Related and Other Cancers

Role of Tomatoes, Tomato Products and Lycopene in Cancer Prevention

Tea and Tea Polyphenols in Cancer Prevention

Effects of Tea Polyphenols on the Signal Transduction Pathways

Mechanisms by Which Garlic and Allyl Sulfur Compounds Suppress Carcinogen Bioactivation

Antiproliferative Effects of Garlic-Derived and Other Allium Related Compounds

Considering the Mechanisms of Cancer Prevention by Selenium

Selenium Metabolism and Mechanisms of Cancer Prevention

Apoptosis and Angiogenesis in Cancer Prevention by Selenium

Resveratrol Inhibits The Expression Of Cyclooxygenase-2 In Mammary Epithelial Cells

The World of Resveratrol

The Effects of Resveratrol on CYP1A1 Expression and Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Function In Vitro

Herbals and Cancer

The Role of Dietary Supplements in Health

The Beta-Carotene Story

Dietary Intervention Strategies: Validity, Execution and Interpretation of Outcomes