Bioactive Components, Diet and Medical Treatment in Cancer Prevention (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Waly, Mostafa I.; Rahman, Mohammad Shafiur

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

1. Covers newly updated information in the field of nutrition and cancer.

2. Provides a comprehensive link between primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of different types of cancer.

3. Combines basic science approaches with clinical practice with special emphasis to the preventive role of specific nutrients and underutilized food products.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319756936
• Artikelnr.: 52932886

Autorenporträt

Dr. Mostafa I. Waly gained his PhD in 2003 from the Northeastern University (Boston, USA), in the field of Health Sciences. He is currently hold the position of an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University (Muscat, Oman). He has been working in the area of Nutritional Biochemistry for the past 15 years, and his research focuses on understanding the protective effect of dietary bioactive agents against oxidative stress-mediated human chronic diseases, including cancer. His laboratory studies are being used in vitro and in vivo experimental models to identify the metabolic aspects and mechanisms underlie the therapeutic effects of specific nutrients. His research work has resulted over 90 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and acquired high ranking citations in scientific metrics such as Scopus, Reserachgate, PubMed, and Google Scholar. He is theeditor-in-chief and founder for the Canadian Journal of Clinical Nutrition and serving in the editorial boards of another 8 international journals. He is an active member in the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society for Nutrition, International Society of Antioxidants in Nutrition and Health, Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine. Professor Shafiur Rahman is the author/co-author of over 300 technical articles including more than 140 journal papers and 12 books. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed and award-wining Food Properties Handbook, and editor of the popular Handbook of Food Preservation published by CRC Press, Florida. First editions received the bestseller recognition and the third edition will be released soon. First edition was also translated into Spanish. He has initiated the International Journal of Food Properties and serving as the founding Editor-in-Chief for more than 20 years, and serving in the editorialboards of 10 international journals and book series. In 1998 he has been invited and continued to serve as a Food Science Adviser for the International Foundation for Science, Sweden. He was invited as a key note/plenary speaker for more than 10 international conferences in the food science and engineering area. In 2014, he has initiated and served as the Founding Chair of the International Conference on Food Properties (iCFP) and initiated the ICFP Mentoring Program for the young scientists and academics. He received the HortResearch Chairman's Award, BRAP Award, CAMS Outstanding Researcher Award 2003, and SQU Distinction in Research Award 2008. In 2008, Professor Rahman has ranked among the top five Leading Scientists and Engineers of 57 OIC Member Countries in the Agroscience Discipline. Professor Rahman is an eminent scientist and academic in the area of food processing. He is recognized for his significant contribution to the basic and applied knowledge of food properties relatedto food structure, engineering properties and food stability. His total Google Scholar citations is more than 20,000 (h-index: 61) (16 November 2017), indicating high impact of his research in the international scientific community.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Risk Factors for Cancer: Genetic and Environment.- Chapter 2: Anti-cancer Potential of Dietary Polyphenols.- Chapter 3: Natural Products and their Benefits in Cancer Prevention.- Chapter 4: Cinnamon as a Cancer Therapeutic Agent.- Chapter 5: Broccoli as a Preventive Biomaterial for Cancer.- Chapter 6: Garlic Preventive Effect on Cancer Development.- Chapter 7: Health Properties of Beehives Products against Oxidative Stress-mediated Carcinogenesis.- Chapter 8: Chemopreventive Effect of Date Pit Extract.- Chapter 9: Nutrition and Colorectal Cancer Pathogenesis.- Chapter 10: Modifiable and Non- Modifiable Risk Factors for Colon and Rectal Cancer.- Chapter 11: Healthy Dietary Pattern for the Primary Prevention of Colorectal Cancer.- Chapter 12: Lifestyle Modification in Long Term Management of Chronic Diseases.- Chapter 13: Early Detection and Screening of Cancer.- Chapter 14: Prevention of Common Cancers of theFemale Genital Tract.- Chapter 15: Medical Aspects of Gastrointestinal Cancer Etiology, Therapy and Survivorship.- Chapter 16: Cholangiocarcinoma: Etiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management.