Nutrition and Cancer Prevention: From Molecular Mechanisms to Dietary Recommendations Editors: Thomas Prates Ong, Fernando Salvador Moreno
Vitamin D in Obesity and Cancer Prevention
Zinc and Cancer Prevention
Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Cancer Risk
Obesity and Cancer Risk
Nutritional Genomics and Cancer Prevention
Nutrition, Epigenetics and Cancer Prevention
Eating Habits and Their Impact on Aging and Cancer
Nutrition, the Gastrointestinal Microbiota and Cancer Prevention
Nutrition, (Cancer-)Stem Cells and Cancer Prevention
Nutrition and Liver Cancer Prevention
Nutrition and Breast Cancer Prevention
Nutrition and Prostate Cancer Prevention
Subject Index
Publication details
- Print publication date
- 03 Dec 2019
- Copyright year
- 2020
- Print ISBN
- 978-1-78801-341-3
- PDF eISBN
- 978-1-78801-650-6
- ePub eISBN
- 978-1-78801-918-7
About this book
Cancer is a major global public health problem. Among different environmental and lifestyle factors contributing to cancer risk, diet is a key one. On the one hand, obesity and increased consumption of red and processed meat, ethanol, sugar and saturated fatty acids are associated with increased cancer risk. On the other hand, consumption of micronutrients such as vitamin D, selenium, zinc, folate and bioactive compounds from fruits and vegetables is associated with decreased risk.
Written by an influential, international team of experts, this book presents and discusses current topics on nutrition and cancer prevention. It covers both nutritional influences on different cancers plus specific chapters on the commonly occurring cancers. Nutritional genomics-based studies show that some dietary components modulate carcinogenesis through complex cellular and molecular mechanisms. A better understanding of these different cellular and molecular mechanisms is needed to establish efficient dietary recommendations for cancer prevention. This book will provide such an understanding, serving as an important book for all those working in nutritional health, food science and cancer research.