Cancer as a metabolic disease

Seyfried, Thomas N., 1946-

Cancer as a metabolic disease on the origin, management, and prevention of cancer / [electronic resource] : Thomas N. Seyfried. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2012. - xvi, 421 p., [22] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Images of cancer -- Confusion surrounds the origin of cancer -- Cancer models -- Energetics of normal cells and cancer cells -- Respiratory dysfunction in cancer cells -- The Warburg dispute -- Is respiration normal in most cancer cells? -- Is mitochondrial glutamine fermentation the missing link in the metabolic theory of cancer? -- Genes, respiration, viruses, and cancer -- Respiratory injury, the retrograde response, and the origin of cancer -- Mitochondria: the ultimate tumor suppressor -- Linking abnormalities in growth control, telomerase activity, apoptosis, and angiogenesis to mitochondrial dysfunction -- Metastasis -- Mitochondrial respiratory dysfunction and the extrachromosomal origin of cancer -- Nothing in cancer biology makes sense except in the light of evolution -- Cancer treatment strategies -- Metabolic management of cancer -- Implementation of metabolic therapies for cancer management -- Cancer prevention -- Case studies and personal experiences in using the ketogenic diet for cancer management.


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Cancer.
Cancer--Prevention.
Cancer--Diagnosis.


Electronic books.

RC261 / .S49 2012eb

616.99/40654