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Author Seyfried, Thomas N., 1946-

Title Cancer as a metabolic disease [electronic resource] : on the origin, management, and prevention of cancer / Thomas N. Seyfried.

Imprint Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2012.

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Description xvi, 421 p., [22] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Cancer.
Cancer -- Prevention.
Cancer -- Diagnosis.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780470584927 (cloth)
9781118310298 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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