Research Catalog

Title

Advances in nutrition and cancer 2 / edited by Vincenzo Zappia ... [et al.].

Publication

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• International Conference on Nutrition and Cancer (2nd : 1998 : Naples, Italy)
• Zappia, Vincenzo.

Description

xi, 313 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 472

Uniform Title

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 472.

Subjects

• Neoplasms
• Cancer > Nutritional aspects > Congresses
• Congress

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Nutrition and Cancer, held October 20-23, 1998, in Naples, Italy"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Diet and Cancer: Perspectives of Prevention / Peter Greenwald -- 2. EPIC-Italy: A Molecular Epidemiology Project on Diet and Cancer / Domenico Palli, Vittorio Korgh and Antonio Russo / [et al.] -- 3. Nutritional Factors in Human Cancers / Edward Giovannucci -- 4. Alcohol and Cancer / Silvia Franceschi -- 5. Energy Sources and Risk of Cancer of the Breast and Colon-Rectum in Italy / Adriano Favero, Maria Parpinel and Maurizio Montella -- 6. Organochlorines and Breast Cancer: A Study on Neapolitan Women / Rossano Dello Iacovo, Egidio Celentano and Anna Maria Strollo / [et al.] -- 7. Olive Oil Consumption and Cancer Mortality in Italy: A Correlation Study / Amleto D'Amicis and Sara Farchi -- 8. Cell Division Cycle Alterations and Human Tumors / Fulvio Della Ragione, Adriana Borriello and Valentina Della Pietra / [et al.] -- 9. Regulation of p53 Function in Normal and Malignant Cells / Vincenzo Tortora, Paola Bontempo and Mariantonietta Verdicchio / [et al.] --
• 10. The Role of Micronutrients in DNA Synthesis and Maintenance / Robert A. Jacob -- 11. Biological Effects of Hydroxytyrosol, A Polyphenol from Olive Oil Endowed with Antioxidant Activity / Caterina Manna, Fulvio Della Ragione and Valeria Cucciolla / [et al.] -- 12. Protective Effects of Butyric Acid in Colon Cancer / Gian Luigi Russo, Valentina Della Pietra and Ciro Mercurio / [et al.] -- 13. Short-Chain Fatty Acid in the Human Colon: Relation to Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Colon Cancer / Giuseppe D'Argenio and Gabriele Mazzacca -- 14. Brassica Vegetables and Cancer Prevention: Epidemiology and Mechanisms / Geert van Poppel, Dorette T. H. Verhoeven and Hans Verhagen / [et al.] -- 15. Stilbenes and Bibenzyls with Potential Anticancer or Chemopreventive Activity / Fulvia Orsini and Luisella Verotta --
• 16. Post-Translational Modifications of Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-5A (eIF-5A) as a New Target for Anti-Cancer Therapy / Michele Caraglia, Pierosandro Tagliaferri and Alfredo Budillon / [et al.] -- 17. Diet, Fibers, and Colon Cancer / Jean Faivre and Claude Bonithon-Kopp -- 18. Phytochemicals as Modulators of Cancer Risk / H. Leon Bradlow, Nitin T. Telang and Daniel W. Sepkovic / [et al.] -- 19. Low Dose Exposure to Carcinogens and Metabolic Gene Polymorphisms / Emanuela Taioli and Seymour Garte -- 20. Carcinogen-DNA Adducts as Tools in Risk Assessment / Luisa Airoldi, Roberta Pastorelli and Cinzia Magagnotti / [et al.] -- 21. Significance of Genetic Polymorphisms in Cancer Susceptibility / Eino Hietanen -- 22. DNA Repair Pathways and Cancer Prevention / Anthony F. Pegg -- 23. Cereals, Fiber, and Cancer Prevention / Attilio Giacosa and Michael J. Hill -- 24. Carnitine System and Tumor / Menotti Calvani, Raffaela Nicolai and Alfonso Barbarisi / [et al.].

ISBN

0306463067

LCCN

99049491

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries