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Inorganic and Nutritional Aspects of Cancer

Proceedings of the First Conference of the International Association of Bioinorganic Scientists, Inc. held in La Jolla, California, January 3–5, 1977

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1978

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Editors:
  1. G. N. Schrauzer

    1. University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 91)

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Table of contents (22 papers)

  1. Nutrition and Trace Elements in Cancer

    1. Implications of the Inhibition of Animal Tumors by Dietary Zinc Deficiency

      • Walter J. Pories, William D. DeWys, Arthur Flynn, Edward G. Mansour, William H. Strain
      Pages 243-257

    2. The Arsenic Problems

      • Douglas V. Frost
      Pages 259-279

    3. The Influence of Nutritional Factors on Pulmonary Adenomas in Mice

      • Frederic A. French
      Pages 281-292

    4. Iodine and Mammary Cancer

      • Bernard A. Eskin
      Pages 293-304

    5. Gastrointestinal Cancer: Epidemiology and Experimental Studies

      • Birger Jansson, Maryce M. Jacobs, A. Clark Griffin
      Pages 305-322

  2. Trace Elements and Nutrition in Cancer Prevention

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N3-N3
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    2. Trace Elements, Nutrition and Cancer: Perspectives of Prevention

      • Gerhard N. Schrauzer
      Pages 323-344

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 345-351
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About this book

For many decades, cancer research concentrated heavily on "or­ ganic" aspects of the disease and ignored the role of trace elements and minerals in carcinogenesis and tumor growth. However, in recent years, spectacular progress has been made in "inorganic" cancer research: numerous inorganic substances were shown to possess car­ cinogenic properties. Quite unexpectedly, certain coordination compounds of platinum were found to have powerful antineoplastic properties, and a number of essential trace elements were demon­ strated to have profound effects on the genesis and growth of spontaneous, induced, or transplanted tumors. It therefore appeared desirable to call upon leading authorities in the field of inorganic cancer research to present their views in a conference dedicated specifically to their discipline. But since trace elements are nor­ mal constituents of foods, it seemed advantageous to include nutri­ tional aspects into the program. The fact that diet and nutrition influence tumor growth and development has been known or suspected for a long time. However, too little research has been done in this important field, resulting in a serious retardation of knowledge. Hence, this opportunity to cover nutritional aspects of cancer was taken, even though it was clear from the beginning that this broad field could not really be treated in the available time. It was necessary, for example, to exclude entirely the vast area of nutri­ tion as an adjuvant in cancer therapy, and even then, further limi­ tation of the scope of topics to be covered had to be made.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA

    G. N. Schrauzer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Inorganic and Nutritional Aspects of Cancer

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the First Conference of the International Association of Bioinorganic Scientists, Inc. held in La Jolla, California, January 3–5, 1977

  • Editors: G. N. Schrauzer

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0796-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-0798-3Published: 25 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-0796-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 351

  • Topics: Oncology

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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