Research Catalog

Title

Diet and cancer : molecular mechanisms of interactions / edited under the auspices of the American Institute for Cancer Research, Washington D.C.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• American Institute for Cancer Research.
• Conference on Diet and Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms of Interactions (1994 : Washington, D.C.)

Description

xiv, 222 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

• Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 375
• The language of science

Uniform Title

• Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 375.
• Language of science.

Subjects

• Neoplasms > prevention & control
• Neoplasms > drug therapy
• Cancer > Molecular aspects > Congresses
• Molecular Biology
• Cancer > Nutritional aspects > Congresses
• Congress

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Proceedings of the American Institute for Cancer Research's Fifth Annual Conference on Diet and Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms of Interactions, held September 1-2, 1994, in Washington, D.C."--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Use of Vitamins A and D In Chemoprevention and Therapy of Cancer: Control of Nuclear Receptor Expression and Function - Vitamins, Cancer and Receptors / R. M. Niles -- Ch. 2. Vitamin A Chemoprevention of Lung Cancer: A Short-Term Biomarker Study / Carrie A. Redlich, Ariette M. Van Bennekum, Joel A. Wirth, William S. Blaner, Darryl Carter, Lynn T. Tanoue, Carole T. Holm and Mark R. Cullen -- Ch. 3. Human Cervical Cancer: Retinoids, Interferon and Human Papillomavirus / Richard L. Eckert, Chapla Agarwal, Joan R. Hembree, Chee K. Choo, Nywana Sizemore, Sheila Andreatta-van Leyen and Ellen A. Rorke -- Ch. 4. Role of Apoptosis in the Growth Inhibitory Effects of Vitamin D in MCF-7 Cells / JoEllen Welsh, Maura Simboli-Campbell, Carmen J. Narvaez and Martin Tenniswood -- Ch. 5. Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer / David Feldman, Roman J. Skowronski and Donna M. Peehl --
• Ch. 6. Choline and Hepatocarcinogenesis in the Rat / Steven H. Zeisel, Kerry-Ann da Costa, Craig D. Albright and Ok-Ho Shin -- Ch. 7. Dietary Effects on Gene Expression in Mammary Tumorigenesis / Polly R. Etkind -- Ch. 8. Effect of Dietary Fatty Acids on Gene Expression in Breast Cells / Z. Ronai, J. Tillotson and L. Cohen -- Ch. 9. Lipotrope Deficiency and Persistent Changes in DNA Methylation / Judith K. Christman -- Ch. 10. Methionine Deprivation Regulates the Translation of Functionally Distinct c-Myc Proteins / Stephen R. Hann -- Ch. 11. Progressive Loss of Sensitivity to Growth Control by Retinoic Acid and Transforming Growth Factor-Beta at Late Stages of Human Papillomavirus Type 16-Initiated Transformation of Human Keratinocytes / Kim E. Creek, Gemma Geslani, Ayse Batova and Lucia Pirisi -- Ch. 12. Short-Chain Fatty Acids and Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Colonic Cell Differentiation and Transformation / Leonard H. Augenlicht, Anna Velcich and Barbara G. Heerdt --
• Ch. 13. Fish Oil and Cell Proliferation Kinetics in a Mammary Carcinoma Tumor Model / Nawfal W. Istfan, Jennifer Wan and Zhi-Yi Chen.

ISBN

0306450674

LCCN

95017694

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries