Advances in nutrition and cancer [indexed in PubMed/Medline]

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Role of Metabolic Carcinogenesis in Cancer Causation and Prevention: Evidence from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition....Pages 3-20
Obesity, Energy Balance, and Cancer: A Mechanistic Perspective....Pages 21-33
Fruits and Vegetables: Updating the Epidemiologic Evidence for the WCRF/AICR Lifestyle Recommendations for Cancer Prevention....Pages 35-50
The Diet as a Cause of Human Prostate Cancer....Pages 51-68
Mediterranean Dietary Pattern and Chronic Diseases....Pages 69-81
Dietary Salt Intake and Risk of Gastric Cancer....Pages 83-95
Alcoholic Beverages and Carbonated Soft Drinks: Consumption and Gastrointestinal Cancer Risks....Pages 97-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Anti-Inflammatory and Anticancer Drugs from Nature....Pages 123-143
Selenium and Cancer: A Story that Should not be Forgotten-Insights from Genomics....Pages 145-166
Resveratrol: From Basic Studies to Bedside....Pages 167-184
Quercetin: A Pleiotropic Kinase Inhibitor Against Cancer....Pages 185-205
Sulforaphane as a Promising Molecule for Fighting Cancer....Pages 207-223
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Functions, Aberrations, and Advances for Chromatin Modulation in Cancer....Pages 227-239
Epigenetics and Epidemiology: Models of Study and Examples....Pages 241-255
Dietary Epigenetics in Cancer and Aging....Pages 257-267
Breast Cancer and the Importance of Early Life Nutrition....Pages 269-285
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Olive Oil and Other Dietary Lipids in Breast Cancer....Pages 289-309
A Holistic Approach to Study the Effects of Natural Antioxidants on Inflammation and Liver Cancer....Pages 311-323
Extra Virgin Olive Oil: From Composition to “Molecular Gastronomy”....Pages 325-338
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Life Style Prevention of Cancer Recurrence: The Yin and the Yang....Pages 341-351
Front Matter....Pages 353-353
New Perspective for an Old Antidiabetic Drug: Metformin as Anticancer Agent....Pages 355-376
Gut Microbes, Diet, and Cancer....Pages 377-399
Inflammatory Angiogenesis and the Tumor Microenvironment as Targets for Cancer Therapy and Prevention....Pages 401-426
Nutriomes and Personalised Nutrition for DNA Damage Prevention, Telomere Integrity Maintenance and Cancer Growth Control....Pages 427-441
Novel Approaches in Melanoma Prevention and Therapy....Pages 443-455
Concluding Remarks....Pages 457-460