Dietary Flavonoids Interfere with Cancer Radiotherapy
Seiten
2019
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5361-6780-1 (ISBN)
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5361-6780-1 (ISBN)
In parallel with the continuous rise of cancer incidence, efficient treatment becomes an increasingly important public health concern. Radiotherapy has remained one of the most important anticancer approaches for clinical management of a variety of human tumours, as at least half of all oncological patients receive this therapy at some stages of their disease. With the hope to attain greater anticancer response, the interest in using natural plant-derived products as complementary treatments to conventional radiotherapy has substantially increased in the recent years. However, the interactions between phytochemicals and ionizing radiation are not always known and can be often unpredictable. Therefore, in this book, the current findings about the combined treatments of malignant cells with radiation and flavonoids, the largest group of human dietary plant polyphenols, are described. These data show that under carefully chosen dosage-schedule regimens, certain flavonoids or their natural mixtures can behave as potent radiosensitizers, augmenting radiotherapeutic efficacy in different preclinical cancer models. Such radio-sensitising action of flavonoids can be achieved through modulation of the redox status and suppression of several cellular survival pathways activated by radiotherapy, ultimately leading to the death of malignant cells. As flavonoids can concurrently protect normal healthy cells from irradiation-induced injury and thereby minimize toxic adverse reactions, use of these plant-derived agents as complementary approach to radiotherapy might open new avenues for enhancement of clinical outcome. Therefore, combining conventional anticancer modalities with conscious intake of flavonoid supplements as adjuvant agents might be an important future strategy to boost the therapeutic success in the treatment of various human malignancies.
Katrin Sak, M.Sc., Ph.D., Dip.Nut.Med is an Estonian scientist working in the field of anticancer actions of plant polyphenols, flavonoids. She is the author of almost 200 publications, including 70 articles in the internationally accepted journals. Dr. Sak is the head of the NGO Praeventio.
Preface; Introduction; The Role of Radiotherapy in Cancer Treatment: Current Opportunities and Challenges; Radiotherapy-Induced Cellular Responses: Major Mechanisms Behind Radioresistance; Plant Flavonoids as Potential Dietary Radiosensitizers; Modulation of Radiotherapeutic Efficacy by Dietary Flavonoids; Conclusions and Further Challenges; References; About the Author; Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.12.2019 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 226 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie |
| Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Radiologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5361-6780-0 / 1536167800 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5361-6780-1 / 9781536167801 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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