The search for a connection between diet and human cancer has a long history in cancer
research, as has interest in the mechanisms by which dietary factors might increase or …

Emerging studies suggest that dietary components can affect gene expression through
epigenetic mechanisms. Epigenetic modifications are heritable and potentially reversible …

▪ Abstract Dietary patterns, nutrients, and other constituents of food are major components of
the environmental influences that contribute to risk for cancer, and the study of interactions …

Disruption of the epigenome has been a hallmark of human cancers and has been linked
with tumor pathogenesis and progression. Since epigenetic changes can be reversed in …

The relationship between diet and cancer has advanced in recent years, but much remains
to be understood with respect to diet and dietary components in cancer risk and prevention …

While the field of cancer genetics has enjoyed a great deal of attention among cancer
researchers in the last few decades, the appreciation of cancer epigenetics is more recent …

Evidence continues to mount that dietary components are important determinants of cancer
risk and tumor behavior. Although these linkages are fascinating, numerous inconsistencies …

A number of bioactive dietary components are of particular interest in the field of epigenetics.
Many of these compounds display anticancer properties and may play a role in cancer …

Dietary and other environmental factors induce epigenetic alterations which may have
important consequences for cancer development. This chapter summarizes current …

Mounting evidence points to dietary habits as an important determinant of cancer risk and
tumor behavior. Although the linkages with diet are intriguing, the literature is also laden with …