Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Pathology Club Conference “Nutritional Ways to Prevent Cancer: Dietary Factors that May Be Causative or Protective Agents”

On Tuesday, November 24th, the Pathology Club had the last conference for this September-December 2009 Semester with the topic “Nutritional Ways to Prevent Cancer: Dietary Factors that May Be Causative or Protective Agents”.
We had ten excellent presentations of based on literature research where contributors tried to disclose a possible role of dietary factors in carcinogenesis and also to give an answer to the exciting question "can dietary modification inhibit neoplastic transformation and growth?"


“Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in the Prevention of Cancer” by Lindsey Haga


“Beneficial Role for Folate in the Prevention of Colorectal and Breast Cancer” by Robert McEvoy


“Selenium in Cancer Prevention: a Review of the Evidence and Mechanism of action” by William Bradford


“Chemoprevention of Lung Cancer: The Rise and Demise of Beta-Carotene” by Rachel Lacy


“Vitamin D, Calcium Supplementation, and Colorectal Adenomas” by Rebecca Charland

 
“Effect of Dietary Flaxseed on Serum Levels of Estrogens and Androgens on Postmenopausal Women” by Nathan Amrine


“Multi Targeted Therapy of Cancer by Omega-3 Fatty Acids” by Richard Chan


“Meat, Meat Cooking Methods, and Preservation, and Risk for Colorectal Adenoma” by Latha Jayakumar


 “Overview of the Risks and Benefits of Alcohol Consumption” by Aisha Wafa


“Apoptosis by Dietary Factors: the Suicide Solution for Delaying Caner Growth" by Glynn Faircloth


The presentations were very welcome by the audience; each report raised a wave of questions, which from time to time grew in shot discussions.

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