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Oestrogens, phyto-oestrogens, and the pathogenesis of prostatic disease / K. Griffiths, L.J. Denis, and A. Turkes.
LIBRA RC899 .G75 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffiths, K. (Keith)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prostatic Neoplasms--enzymology.
- Prostatic Neoplasms--prevention & control.
- Estrogens--metabolism.
- Estrogens, Non-Steroidal--metabolism.
- Prostate--physiopathology.
- Prostate--Diseases.
- Prostate.
- Prostate--Diseases--Endocrine aspects.
- Phytoestrogens--Health aspects.
- Phytoestrogens.
- Estrogen--Health aspects.
- Estrogen.
- Prostate--Cancer.
- Prostate--Cancer--Endocrine aspects.
- Medical Subjects:
- Prostatic Neoplasms--enzymology.
- Prostatic Neoplasms--prevention & control.
- Estrogens--metabolism.
- Estrogens, Non-Steroidal--metabolism.
- Prostate--physiopathology.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 420 pages : color illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Martin Dunitz ; Florence, KY : Distributed in the USA by Fulfilment Center, Taylor & Francis, 2002.
- Summary:
- A comprehensive and easy-to-read reference text written from the angle that 'prevention is better than cure'. Directed to the classical endocrinology of the prostate and its diseases, Oestrogens, Phyto-oestrogens and the Pathogenesis of Prostatic Disease examines the part that oestrogens play in growth regulation and disease progression, and discusses in depth the potential role of dietary factors, in particular the phyto-oestrogens, in restraining both malignancies and benign prostatic hyperplasia.
- Contents:
- 2 Benign prostatic hyperplasia and cancer of the prostate: the extent of the problem 11
- 3 Does diet influence cancer risk? 23
- 4 An emerging concept: dietary factors could offer health benefits and protect against prostate disease 53
- 5 Natural history of benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer 67
- 6 Some basic endocrinology of the human male 82
- 7 Some basic molecular endocrinology of the prostate 119
- 8 Phyto-oestrogens: influence on growth regulatory events 164
- 9 Oestrogens and the mechanisms of fetal imprinting: early signals that may impinge on the prostate 181
- 10 The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) family and the IGF growth regulatory network 208
- 11 Oestrogens, growth hormone and the insulin-like growth factor network 221
- 12 Prostatic cancer: initiation and progression 234
- 13 Metastatic dissemination of prostate cancer 274
- 14 Current attitudes to the use of endocrine therapy for advanced cancer of the prostate 283
- 15 Other aspects of oestrogen-related endocrinology that relate to prostate cancer and disease progression 313
- 16 Phyto-oestrogens, osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease: health benefits for the elderly man 357
- 17 Other dietary factors and men's health: vitamins and red wine! 361
- 18 Chemoprevention: the way forward 393.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1841841196
- OCLC:
- 49240281
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