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Title Dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and cancer / Gabriella Calviello, Simona Serini, editors
Published Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2010
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 248 pages) : illustrations
Series Diet and cancer ; v. 1
Diet and cancer (Series) ; v. 1
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
Summary Contains information on the benefits of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) against the series of cancers. This book enables physicians to understand on a scientific basis if their oncologic patients or patients at risk of cancer could benefit from a diet enriched in omega-3 PUFAs or from a dietary supplementation with these fatty acids
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Omega-3 fatty acids -- Health aspects.
Cancer -- Nutritional aspects.
Cancer -- Prevention.
Neoplasms -- prevention & control.
Fatty Acids, Omega-3 -- therapeutic use.
Form Electronic book
Author Calviello, Gabriella.
Serini, Simona.
ISBN 9789048135790
9048135796
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(hbk.)