Nutritional Oncology

Nutritional Oncology defines this rapidly emerging area of tremendous interest to researchers, a field poised to become a subfield of oncology. This reference provides an assessment of nutritional impact on the development and growth of cancer (or the prevention of such development and growth) as well as its role in cancer treatment. In addition to an overall discussion of nutrition and cancer, the book discusses specific nutrients and classes of nutrients. It also covers various clinical trials in nutritional care. The book is divided into five sections:* The principles of nutritional oncology including cell biology, environmental and chemical carcinogenesis, the biology of metastasis, the pathology and toxicology of carcinogenesis, oxidant stress and the elements of the human diet* The methods of clinical, nutritional, immunologic, biochemical, and nutritional endocrine assessment of the cancer patient* The field of nutritional intervention and chemoprevention of cancer, using an organ-specific approach* The treatment of the malnourished patient using nutritional and pharmacological approaches* Research methods specifically suited to the field of nutritional oncology