Cancer is one of the leading killers in the world and the incidence is
increasing, but most cancer patients and cancer survivors suffer much
from the disease and its conventional treatments' side effects. In the
past, clinical data showed that some complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) possessed anticancer abilities, but some clinicians and
scientists have queried about the scientific validity of CAM due to the
lack of scientific evidence. There is great demand in the knowledge gap
to explore the scientific and evidence-based knowledge of CAM in the
anticancer field. With this aim, a book series is needed to structurally
deliver the knowledge to readers.
Throughout the past few years, the cancer chemopreventive potencies and
treatment effects of a number of natural dietary agents present in
different food sources have been evaluated by various experiments. Some
of them have progressed to early clinical trials. This volume is a
specialized book presenting the research evidence relevant to the use of
specific diet therapy in cancer chemoprevention and treatment. We begin
with lessons learned from dietary resveratrol as an effective agent with
anticancer properties against malignancies, followed examples of
flavonoids from fruits and vegetables in the prevention and treatment of
cancer. Evidence for the beneficial influence of diet enriched with flax
seed oil and green tea on cancer will be reviewed. Soy food intake may
enhance the effects on anticancer treatment for breast cancer, whereas
lycopene-rich foods may possess chemopreventive efficacy. There are also
discussions on the contribution of the cancer preventive effects of the
antioxidant-rich foods and Mediterranean diet. In addition, the
modulation of proteasome pathways by nutraceuticals is highlighted.
Finally, we close the book with a discussion on the attenuation of cell
survival signaling by bioactive phytochemicals in the prevention and
therapy cancer.
