Table of Contents
Section 1. Introduction. Epidemiology of Cancer: An Overview with a Special Emphasis on Cancer Statistics 2003. Section 2. Pathophysiology of Cancer. Role of DNA Methylation in Cancer and Chemotherapy. Metals, Metalloids and Cancer. Molecular Mechanisms of Asbestos and Silica-induced Lung Cancer. Free Radicals, Environmental Radiation, and Cancer. Involvement of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Lung Cancer: Clinical Importance. Smokeless Tobacco, Oxidative Stress, and Cancer. The Regulatory Roles of Estrogen in Carcinogenesis: An Overview. NSAIDS and Colorectal Cancer. Current Perspectives in Gastric Adenocarcinoma. Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus. Helicobacter pylori and Gastric Cancer. Free Radicals, Oxidative Stress and Cancer. Biotransformation and Mechanism of Action of Xenobiotics: What Lessons from the Past Forty Years?. Obesity and Cancer. Hemangioendothelioma as a Model to Study the Anti-Angiogenic Effects of Dietary Chemopreventive Agents in vivo. Modulation of Late Adverse Effects of Curative Radiation Therapy for Cancer. Section 3. Phytopharmaceuticals and Chemoprevention Development of Selected Phytochemicals for Cancer Chemoprevention, Vernon Steele Phytochemicals as Potential Cancer Chemopreventive Agents, Rajendra G. Mehta and John M. Pezzuto History of Natural Supplements in Cancer Therapy and Prevention, Gottumukkala V. Subbaraju and Golakoti Trimurtulu Vitamin C, Vitamin E and b-Carotene in Cancer Chemoprevention, Balz Frei and Jane Higdon Role of Polyphenols, Flavonoids and Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins in Cancer Chemoprevention, Sidhartha Ray and Debasis Bagchi Curcumin Derived from Turmeric (Curcuma longa): A Spice for All Seasons, Bharat B. Aggarwal, Anushree Kumar, Manoj S. Aggarwal, and Shishir Shishodia Tea in Chemoprevention of Cancer, Vaqar Mustafa Adhami, Moammir Hasan Aziz, Nihal Ahmad, and Hasan Mukhtar Phytoestrogens in Cancer Prevention: Characterization and Beneficial Effects of a New Flavanone, Kurarinone
