Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeINTRODUCTION: w-3 PUFAs, WHY DO WE SPEAK ABOUT THEM?; Gabriella Calviello G. and Simona Serini 1. POSSIBLE MECHANISMS OF w-3 PUFA ANTI-TUMOR ACTION; Michael B. Sawyer and Catherine J. Field 2. w-3 PUFAs AND COLON CANCER a) w3 PUFAs and colon cancer: epidemiological studies; Yasumi Kimura b) w3 PUFAs and colon cancer: experimental studies and human interventional trials; Simona Serini S., Elisabetta Piccioni and Gabriella Calviello 3. w3 PUFAs AND HORMONE RELATED CANCERS (BREAST AND PROSTATE a) w3 PUFAs and breast cancer: epidemiological studies; Paul D. Terry and Pamela J. Mink b) w3 PUFAs and prostate cancer: epidemiological studies; Pierre Astorg c) w3 PUFAs: Interventional trials for the prevention and treatment of breast and prostate cancer; I.M. Berquin, I.J. Edwards, J.T. O'Flaherty and Y.Q. Chen d) w3 PUFAs, breast and prostate cancer: experimental studies; Iris J Edwards, Isabelle M Berquin, Yong Q Chen and Joseph T O'Flaherty 4. w3 PUFAs AND OTHER CANCERS; Kyu Lim and Tong Wu 5. THE INFLUENCE OF w3 PUFAs ON CHEMO OR RADIATION THERAPY FOR CANCER; W. Elaine Hardman. 6. w3 PUFAs AND CACHEXIA; Michael J. Tisdale