Critical Dietary Factors in Cancer Chemoprevention
This book focuses on the prophylactic potential of diet-derived factors in primary prevention of cancer. It is written by a group of highly reputed experts in the area of dietary agents and cancer chemoprevention. The translational potential of dietary fa
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Critical Dietary Factors in Cancer Chemoprevention
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Mohammad Fahad Ullah • Aamir Ahmad Editors
Critical Dietary Factors in Cancer Chemoprevention
Editors Mohammad Fahad Ullah Prince Fahd Research Chair Department of Medical Laboratory Technology FAMS, University of Tabuk Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Aamir Ahmad Department of Pathology Karmanos Cancer Institute Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan USA
ISBN 978-3-319-21460-3 ISBN 978-3-319-21461-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-21461-0
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Foreword
This book entitled “Critical dietary factors in cancer chemoprevention” is a comprehensive attempt to highlight novel opportunities for the prevention of neoplastic diseases by dietary means. Recently emerging evidence has revealed that long-term lifestyle factors including dietary habits significantly influence cancer development, progression, and response to therapy. Modification of dietary habits to include dietary factors with evidence of chemopreventive properties via the modulation of intracellular signaling pathways as regular components of diet has thus been conceived to be a potential strategy to lower the risk and burden of cancer incidence. Furthermore, these dietary factors also provide leads to potent therapeutic drugs with elevated margins of safety. This book provides an update on contemporary research in this field with an impressive group of authors. A unique feature of the book is that along with regular chapters, there are expert opinions from renowned authors, a strategy that enhances the impact of the knowledge and information emanating from this compila
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