Dietary Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Calviello, Gabriella (Editor), Serini, Simona (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: Diet and Cancer ; 1
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Nutrition.; Oncology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.

Dietary Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cancer provides all the latest information on the possible benefits of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) against a wide series of cancers. Several influential scientists in this field have contributed to make this book an unique one amongst t...

Table of Contents:

• Possible Mechanisms of ?-3 PUFA Anti-tumour Action
• Possible Mechanisms of ?-3 PUFA Anti-tumour Action
• ?-3 PUFAs and Colon Cancer
• ?-3 PUFAs and Colon Cancer: Epidemiological Studies
• ?-3 PUFAs and Colon Cancer: Experimental Studies and Human Interventional Trials
• ?-3 PUFAs and Hormone-Related Cancers (Breast and Prostate)
• ?-3 PUFAs and Breast Cancer: Epidemiological Studies
• ?-3 PUFAs and Prostate Cancer: Epidemiological Studies
• ?-3 PUFAs: Interventional Trials for the Prevention and Treatment of Breast and Prostate Cancer
• ?-3 PUFAs, Breast and Prostate Cancer: Experimental Studies
• ?-3 PUFAs and Other Cancers
• ?-3 PUFAs and Other Cancers
• The Influence of ?-3 PUFAs on Chemo- or Radiation Therapy for Cancer
• ?-3 PUFAs and Cachexia.