Research Catalog

Title

Colon cancer prevention : dietary modulation of cellular and molecular mechanisms / edited under the auspices of the American Institute for Cancer Research.

Publication

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• American Institute for Cancer Research.
• American Institute for Cancer Research. Conference (8th : 1998 : Washington, D.C.)

Description

viii, 165 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 470

Uniform Title

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 470.

Subject

• Colonic Neoplasms > pathology
• Colonic Neoplasms > prevention & control
• Colonic Neoplasms > therapy
• Diet Therapy
• Drug Therapy

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Research Conference of the American Institute for Cancer Research, held September 3-4, 1998, in Washington, D.C."--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Transcriptional Regulation in Intestinal Development: Implications for Colorectal Cancer / Peter G. Traber -- 2. Colonic Cell Proliferation, Differentiation, and Apoptosis / Leonard Augenlicht, Anna Velcich and John Mariadason / [et al.] -- 3. Defects in the Regulation of [beta] Catenin in Colorectal Cancer / Paul Polakis, Matt Hart and Bonnee Rubinfeld -- 4. Dietary Lipids, Inflammation, and Colon Cancer / Connye N. Kuratko -- 5. Sulindae Sulfone Induced Regression of Rectal Polyps in Patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis / G. D. Stoner, G. T. Budd and R. Ganapathi / [et al.] -- 6. Prevention of Colon Cancer and Modulation of Aberrant Crypt Foci, Cell Proliferation, and Apoptosis by Retinoids and NSAIDs / Michael A. Pereira -- 7. Digested Fiber from Wheat Bran Induces edk Inhibitors which Block Colon Epithelial Cells in Gl / Eileen A. Friedman and Jingping Wang --
• 8. Mechanisms by Which Energy Restriction Inhibits Carcinogenesis / Henry J. Thompson, Weiqin Jiang and Zongjian Zhu -- 9. Dietary Intervention Studies of Colorectal Cancer / Arthur Schatzkin -- 10. The Genetics of Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer and Non-Polypotic Colon Cancer / Paivi Peltomaki -- 11. Familial Association / Randall W. Burt -- 12. Colonic Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis in Rodent Species: Modulation by Diet / Robert S. Chapkin and Joanne R. Lupton -- 13. Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), Cyclooxygenases, and the Cell Cycle: Their Interactions in Colon Cancer / Basil Rigas and Steven J. Shiff.

ISBN

0306462079

LCCN

99048703

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries