Beschreibung
The Nutrition and Complementary Medicine in Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Approach is the twenty seventh volume of the Interdisciplinary Cancer Research series, publishes comprehensive volume on nutrition and complementary medicine in cancer. The volume starts with a chapter on fecal microbiota transplantation and cancer immunotherapy, followed by another chapter on the role of tumor microenvironment in the microbiome and innate immunity. After discussion on interplay of nutrigenomics and cancer research, the role of nutrition in cancer as well as insights on dietary anticancer products are explained. Omega 3 dietary intervention, consumption of sugars, organoselenium compounds, anthocyanins, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are the subjects of other chapters. The second part of the volume focuses on complementary and alternative medicine. It starts with a general chapter on integrated approach to precision oncology and role of traditional and alternative medicine in cancer therapy. Harnessing Nature's Pharmacy and natural compounds in targeting cellular organelles for drug delivery are the subjects of two other chapters. Potential application of medicinal plant-based nanomaterials as well as flavonoids and marine in cancer therapy are also discussed. Finally, clinical use of photosensitizers in photodynamic diagnosis and cancer therapy is explained. This is the main concept of Cancer Immunology Project (CIP), which is a part of Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN). This interdisciplinary book will be of special value for those who wish to have an update on nutrition and complementary medicine in cancer.
Autorenporträt
Professor Nima Rezaei gained his medical degree (MD) from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and subsequently obtained an MSc in Molecular and Genetic Medicine and a PhD in Clinical Immunology and Human Genetics from the University of Sheffield, UK. He also spent a short-term fellowship of Pediatric Clinical Immunology and Bone Marrow Transplantation in the Newcastle General Hospital. Professor Rezaei is now the Full Professor of Immunology and Vice Dean of Research and Technologies, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and the co-founder and Head of the Research Center for Immunodeficiencies. He is also the Founder of Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN). Prof. Rezaei has already been the Director of more than two hundred research projects and has designed and participated in several international collaborative projects. Prof. Rezaei is the editor, editorial assistant, or editorial board member of more than fifty international journals. He has edited more than one hundred international books, has presented more than a thousand lectures/posters in congresses/meetings, and has published more than 1,700 scientific papers in the international journals.
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