Research Catalog

Title

Advances in nutrition and cancer / edited by Vincenzo Zappia, Marco Salvatore, and Fulvio Della Ragione.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, c1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Della Ragione, Fulvio.
• International Conference on Nutrition and Cancer (1992 : Naples, Italy)
• Salvatore, Marco.
• Zappia, Vincenzo.

Description

169 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 348

Uniform Title

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 348.

Subjects

• Cell Transformation, Neoplastic > genetics
• Risk Factors
• Diet
• Neoplasms > epidemiology
• Cancer > Nutritional aspects > Congresses
• Neoplasms > etiology
• Congress

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Proceedings of an International Conference on Nutrition and Cancer, held November 20-21, 1992, in Naples, Italy"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Growth Factors and Malignant Transformation / S. A. Aaronson, T. Miki, K. Meyers and A. Chan -- Tumor Suppressor Genes which Encode Transcriptional Repressors: Studies on the EGR and Wilms' Tumor (WT1) Gene Products / F. J. Rauscher III -- Enzyme Deficiency and Tumor Suppressor Genes: Absence of 5'-Deoxy-5'-Methylthioadenosine Phosphorylase in Human Tumors / F. Della Ragione, A. Oliva, R. Palumbo, G. L. Russo and V. Zappia -- HOX Gene Expression in Human Cancers / P. Barba, M. C. Magli, C. Tiberio and C. Cillo -- Thyroid Specific Expression of the Ki-ras Oncogene in Transgenic Mice / G. Santelli, V. de Franciscis, G. Chiappetta, A. D'Alessio, D. Califano, A. Mineo, C. Monaco and G. Vecchio -- Nutrition and Cancer: General Considerations / F. Fidanza -- Diet and Precancerous Lesions / M. J. Hill -- Dietary Prevention of Chronic Diseases: The Potential for Cardiovascular Diseases / S. Panico, E. Celentano, R. Galasso, E. Farinaro, C. Ambrosca and R. Dello Iacovo.
• Dietary Fibres and Cancer / A. Giacosa, R. Filiberti, P. Visconti, M. J. Hill, F. Berrino and A. D'Amicis -- Dietary Fiber in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease / G. Riccardi and A. V. Ciardullo -- Diet and Large Bowel Cancer / J. Faivre, M. C. Boutron and V. Quipourt -- On the Nutritional Etiology of Breast Cancer / F. de Waard -- Diet and Gastric Cancer / P. I. Reed -- Diet, Coeliac Disease and Gastrointestinal Neoplasm / G. Mazzacca -- Protective Aspects of the Mediterranean Diet / A. Ferro-Luzzi and A. Ghiselli -- The Role of "Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis" in the Evaluation of the Nutritional Status of Cancer Patients / G. Catalano, M. Della Vittoria Scarpati, F. De Vita, P. Federico, G. Guarino, A. Perrelli and V. Rossi -- High Serum HDL-Cholesterol in Pre- and Post-Menopausal Women with Breast Cancer in Southern Italy / R. Borrelli, G. del Sordo, E. De Filippo, F. Contaldo, V. Parisi and G. Beneduce.

ISBN

0306446707

LCCN

93042147

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries