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American Institute for Cancer Research
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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- Gary D. Stoner, Mark A. Morse
Pages 13-23
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- Rajesh Agarwal, Hasan Mukhtar
Pages 35-50
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- Chung S. Yang, Laishun Chen, Mao-Jung Lee, Janelle M. Landau
Pages 51-61
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- Robert Clarke, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Elizabeth Cho, Mattie R. James, Fabio Leonessa
Pages 63-85
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- Stephen Barnes, Jeff Sfakianos, Lori Coward, Marion Kirk
Pages 87-100
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- Matías A. Avila, José Cansado, K. William Harter, Juan A. Velasco, Vicente Notario
Pages 101-110
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- Selwyn A. Broitman, John Wilkinson IV, Sonia Cerda, Steven K. Branch
Pages 111-130
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- Pamela L. Crowell, A. Siar Ayoubi, Yvette D. Burke
Pages 131-136
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- Michael J. Wargovich, Naoto Uda
Pages 171-177
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- Clement Ip, Donald J. Lisk
Pages 179-187
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- Jerianne Heimendinger, Daria Chapelsky
Pages 199-206
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- Mark Messina, Virginia Messina
Pages 207-212
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About this book
The sixth annual research conference of the American Institute for Cancer Research was held August 31 and September 1, 1995, at the Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washing ton, DC. In view of the promising leads in the diet/nutrition and cancer research field, the conference was devoted to "Dietary Phytochemicals in Cancer Prevention and Treatment. " The number of sessions was increased over that in previous conferences in order to accommodate the topics of interest. The conference overview, entitled "Plants and Cancer: Food, Fiber, and Phytochemicals," provided a framework for the following sessions. In addition, the attendees were reminded that for several decades epidemiologists have noted a lower risk of lung, esophageal, stomach, and colon cancer in populations consuming diets high in fruits and vegetables. However, isolation and ingestion of individual protective factors are not the preferred action since the complexity of the food and the matrix in which nutritional factors are embedded are important. The individual sessions then provided more insight as to why eating fruits and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of cancer. The first of these sessions was on "Isothiocyanates" that induce both the Phase I and Phase II enzymes that increase detoxification and conjugation reactions, thus causing more rapid removal of any xenobiotic or carcinogen. Thus, less carcinogen is available for interaction with DNA or other critical cellular macromolecules.
