Research Catalog

Title

Diet and cancer : markers, prevention, and treatment / edited by Maryce M. Jacobs.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, c1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• American Institute for Cancer Research.
• Conference on Diet and Cancer: Markers, Prevention, and Treatment (3rd : 1992 : McLean, Va.)
• Jacobs, Maryce M.

Description

xvii, 256 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 354

Uniform Title

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 354.

Subjects

• Neoplasms > diet therapy
• Cancer > Nutritional aspects > Congresses
• Neoplasms > etiology
• Neoplasms > prevention & control
• Cancer > Pathophysiology > Congresses
• Cancer > Diet therapy > Congresses
• Diet > adverse effects
• Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
• Congress
• Biomarkers

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• Proceedings of the American Institute for Cancer Research's Conference on Diet and Cancer: Markers, Prevention, and Treatment, held October 29-30, 1992, in McLean, Va.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Vitamin-Regulated Retinoblastoma Tumor Suppressor Gene Expression in Leukemic Cells / Andrew Yen, Tracy French, Karen Russell, Susi Varvayanis and Mary Forbes -- Ch. 2. Retinoic Acid Suppresses Human Papillomavirus Type 16 (HPV16)-Mediated Transformation of Human Keratinocytes and Inhibits the Expression of the HPV16 Oncogenes / Kim E. Creek, G. Ronald Jenkins, Mohammad A. Khan, Ayse Batova, John R. Hodam, William H. Tolleson and Lucia Pirisi -- Ch. 3. Interactions Between Retinoic Acid and Protein Kinase C in Induction of Melanoma Differentiation / Richard M. Niles -- Ch. 4. Racial and Ethnic Issues in Diet and Cancer Epidemiology / Shiriki Kumanyika -- Ch. 5. Dietary Modulation of Oxidative DNA Damage / Zora Djuric, Silvana Martino, Lance K. Heilbrun and Ronald W. Hart -- Ch. 6. Carbohydrate Tumor Marker: Basis for a Simple Test for Colorectal Cancer / Abulkalam K. M. Shamsuddin and Kosaku Sakamoto.
• Ch. 7. Chemical and Mutagenic Specificities of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Carcinogens / Anthony Dipple, Kimmo Peltonen, S. Chau Cheng, Helen Ross and C. Anita H. Bigger -- Ch. 8. Inhibition of Tumorigenesis by Chemicals from Garlic and Tea / Chung S. Yang, Zhi-Yuan Wang and Jun-Yan Hong -- Ch. 9. Cancer Chemoprevention by Green Tea Components / Hasan Mukhtar, Santosh K. Katiyar and Rajesh Agarwal -- Ch. 10. Potential Role of Dietary Isoflavones in the Prevention of Cancer / Stephen Barnes, Greg Peterson, Clinton Grubbs and Ken Setchell -- Ch. 11. Carcinogen-DNA and Protein Adducts as Intermediate Biomarkers for Human Chemoprotection Trials / John D. Groopman, Bill D. Roebuck and Thomas W. Kensler -- Ch. 12. Cytokines, Iron Homeostasis, and Cancer / Frank M. Torti and Suzy V. Torti -- Ch. 13. Evidence for Nutrient Modulation of Tumor Phenotype: Impact of Tyrosine and Phenylalanine Restriction / Catherine A. Elstad, Gary G. Meadows, Cheryl J. Aslakson and Jean R. Starkey.
• Ch. 14. Possible Role of Neuropeptide Y in Experimental Cancer Anorexia / William T. Chance, Ambikaitakan Balasubramaniam, Sulaiman Sheriff and Josef E. Fischer -- Ch. 15. Metabolic Alterations and Lactate Overproduction in Insulin Resistant States / Mario DiGirolamo.

ISBN

0306447231

LCCN

94009683

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries