Complementary and Alternative Medicines in Prostate Cancer - A Comprehensive Approach

This book is a summary of prostate cancer (incidence, epidemiology, current treatment options).

List of contents

Prostate cancer: an introduction. Prostate cancer epidemiology. Molecular biology of prostate cancer. Current treatments and reasons for treatment failure. Preclinical status of novel approaches for prostate cancer therapy. Triterpenoids and sesquiterpenes. Curcumin. Resveratrol.Complementary and Alternative Medicines in Prostate Cancer: From Bench to Bedside. Phyllanthus sp: Bitter melon extract. Kava. Plumbagin. Urokinase inhibitors from plants. Chinese Herbal among Prostate Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan. lternol.Betel leaf.Spice derived anticancer molecules for prostate cancer. Nutraceuticals and prostate cancer. Isoflavinoids. Pomegranate. Green tea. Broccoli. Pomi-T supplements. Other forms of CAM. Yoga and prostate cancer. Acupuncture. Homeopathy. Siddha medicines.

About the author

K. B. Harikumar, Ph.D., received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biochemistry from Nagpur University in India. His doctoral research on cancer chemoprevention by natural products was conducted under the direction of Dr. Ramadasan Kuttan at Amala Cancer Research Center, affiliated with Mahatma Gandhi University at Kottayam in India. He has over 40 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters to his credit. His major research focuses are cancer chemoprevention, ubiquitination and nuclear factor kappa B signaling, and the role of bioactive lipids in cell signaling.

Summary

This book is a summary of prostate cancer (incidence, epidemiology, current treatment options).

Additional text

"Exceptionally well organized and presented, "Complementary and Alternative Medicines in Prostate Cancer" is unreservedly recommended as a core addition to college and university library Health/Medicine collections in general, and Prostate Cancer supplemental studies reading lists in particular."
-- James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review

Product details

• Authors: K. B. Harikumar, K. B. (Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechn Harikumar
• Assisted by: K. B. Harikumar (Editor), K. B. (Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology Harikumar (Editor), Harikumar K. B. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2016
• EAN: 9781498729871
• ISBN: 978-1-4987-2987-1
• No. of pages: 298
• Series: Traditional Herbal Medicines for Modern Times; Traditional Herbal Medicines f; Traditional Herbal Medicines for Modern Times; Traditional Herbal Medicines f
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > General, dictionaries; MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Oncology, complementary medicine, MEDICAL / Oncology / General, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies