Nutrients and Cancer Prevention

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Two Operational Modes of Transmembrane Migration of Cyclic Gmp Signal Pathway....Pages 3-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Counteractions of Retinoic Acid and Phorbol Ester Tumor Promoter Related to Changes in Protein Kinase Activities....Pages 21-38
Effect of Alpha Tocopheryl Succinate on Cell Differentiation and Adenylate Cyclase System....Pages 39-52
Effect of Nutrition on Carcinogenesis: Mechanisms Involving Nitrosamines....Pages 53-70
Mechanisms in Cancer Prevention by Dietary Antixodiants....Pages 71-78
Effects of Protease Inhibitors and Vitamin E in the Prevention of Cancer....Pages 79-98
Carotenoids Inhibit Chemically- and Physically-Induced Neoplastic Transformation during the Post-Initiation Phase of Carcinogenesis....Pages 99-111
Fatty Acids That Inhibit Cancer: Conjugated Dienoic Derivatives of Linoleic Acid....Pages 113-117
The Usefulness of In Vitro Assays and Animal Experiments in the Design of Chemopreventive Protocols with Beta-Carotene and Vitamin a on Tobacco Chewers....Pages 119-134
Dietary Modulation of Tobacco-Specific Carcinogen Activation....Pages 135-153
Mechanisms of Specific Nutrients in the Prevention of Cancer....Pages 155-179
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Reduction of Ultraviolet-Induced Immunosuppression and Enhanced Resistance to Ultraviolet-Induced Tumors by Retinyl Palmitate and Canthaxanthin....Pages 183-195
Retinoids and Prevention of Experimental Cancer....Pages 197-206
Selenium and Vitamin E in Cancer Prevention....Pages 207-224
Vitamin B 6 and Cancer....Pages 225-237
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
The Nutritional Causes of Large Bowel Cancer....Pages 241-259
An Intermediate Evaluation of the Nutrition Intervention Trials in Linxian, China....Pages 261-270
Vitamin D Analogs and the Treatment of Cancer....Pages 271-288
Control of Human Preneoplasia with Retinoids and Other Compounds....Pages 289-297
Carotenoids in Cancer Chemoprevention and Synergism with Retinol in Mastalgia Treatment....Pages 299-317
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Adjuvant Immunotherapy of Breast Cancer: Prototypic Observations with Alpha-Tocopherol and Retinol....Pages 319-328
Vitamin B-6 and B-1 Status during Hormone Therapy of Gynecological Cancer....Pages 329-338
Back Matter....Pages 339-347