Description
Book SynopsisIncreasing numbers of people are turning to the use of dietary vegetables, medicinal herbs, and plant extracts to treat cancer. This title brings together a leading group of experts on the different aspects of nutrient supplementation, foods and plant extracts in cancer prevention and treatment.
Table of ContentsContirbutors.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Part I. Approaches to Cancer Prevention: Role of Nutrition.
1. Antioxidents as Cancer Therapies.
2. Cancer and Nutrition.
3. Vitimin E in Cancer Prevention and Treatment.
4. Chemical Versus Food Forms of Selenium in Cancer Prevention.
5. Nutients to Stimulate Cellular Immunity: Role in cancer Prevention and Therepy.
6. Nutrition and Skin Cancer Risk Prevention.
7. Nutritional Startegies for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer.
Part II. Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs in Cancer Prevention.
8. Tomato and Cancer.
9. The Role of Dietary Fiber in Colon cancer Prevention.
10. Soy Food and Breast cancer.
11. Prevention and Therepeutic Effects of Dietary Phytochemicals on Cancer Development.
12. Phytomedicines and Cancer Prevention.
13. Phytoesrogens and Cancer.
14. Herbals and Cancer Prevention.
15. Cruciferous Vegetables and Cancer Prevention.
16. Breast Cancer Prevention.
Index.
