This volume includes contributions presented at the Second International Sym posium on Nutrition and Cancer, held in Naples, Italy, in October 1998 at the National Tumor Institute "Fondazione Pascale." During the Conference, experts from different disciplines discussed pivotal and timely subjects on the interactions between human nutrition and the development of malignancies. Comparing the themes of this Meeting with those discussed at the First Sympo sium in 1992, the major scientific advancements certainly derive from the extensive use of molecular approaches to perform research in nutrition. Moreover, the fundamental observation of R. Doll and R. Peto (1981), which suggested that at least 35% of all cancers (with large differences among different tumors) might be prevented by dietary regimens, has been definitively confirmed by epidemiological studies. On the other hand, the relationships between diet and cancer are quite intricate and complex; it is difficult, and at the same time not methodologically correct, to reduce them to simple terms. Metabolic and hormonal factors, contaminants and biological agents, and deficiency of specific protective nutrients are all pieces of the same puzzle.
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Editors and Affiliations
Institute of Biochemistry of Macromolecules, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Vincenzo Zappia,
Fulvio Ragione
Institute of Clinical Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Alfonso Barbarisi
Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Research Council, Avellino, Italy
Gian Luigi Russo
National Cancer Institute, Fondazione “Giovanni Pascale”, Naples, Italy
Rossano Dello Iacovo
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Nutrition and Cancer 2
Editors: Vincenzo Zappia, Fulvio Ragione, Alfonso Barbarisi, Gian Luigi Russo, Rossano Dello Iacovo
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1999
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46306-8Published: 31 January 2000
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3331-7Published: 06 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-3230-6Published: 09 March 2013
