Nutrition and Cancer Prevention
New Insights in the Role of Phytochemcials
edited under the auspices of the
American Institute for Cancer Research

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.

Nutrition and Cancer Prevention: New Insights in the Role of Phytochemcials includes such topics from this conference as the effects of soy, green tea, selenium, wine, grapes, and spices in cancer prevention.

Discussion also includes 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 addresses the issue of nutritional supplements and cancer prevention.

Contents

1. Soybeans and Cancer Prevention: A Complex Food and a Complex Disease
2. Dietary Soy Reduces Colon Carcinogenesis in Humans and Rats
3. Soy and Risk of Hormone-Related and Other Cancers
4. Role of Tomatoes, Tomato Products and Lycopene in Cancer Prevention
5. Tea and Tea Polyphenols in Cancer Prevention
6. Effects of Tea Polyphenols on the Signal Transduction Pathways
7. Mechanisms by Which Garlic and Allyl Sulfur Compounds Suppress Carcinogen Bioactivation
8. Antiproliferative Effects of Garlic-Derived and Other Allium Related Compounds
9. Considering the Mechanisms of Cancer Prevention by Selenium
10. Selenium Metabolism and Mechanisms of Cancer Prevention
11. Apoptosis and Angiogenisis in Cancer Prevention by Selenium
12. Resveratrol Inhibits the Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Mammary Epithelial Cells
13. The World of Resveratrol
14. The Effects of Resveratrol on CYP1A1 Expression and Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Function In Vitro
15. Herbals and Cancer
16. The Role of Dietary Supplements in Health
17. The Beta-Carotene Story
18. Dietary Intervention Strategies: Validity, Execution and Interpretation of Outcomes
19. Nutrition and Cancer Prevention: New Insights Into the Role of Phytochemicals Future Directions
20. Chemoprevention: Progress and Opportunity

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