Cancer
How Lifestyles May Impact Disease Development, Progression, and Treatment
- 1st Edition - April 12, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Hymie Anisman, Alexander W. Kusnecov
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 9 0 4 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 5 2 2 - 2
Cancer: How Lifestyles May Impact Disease Development, Progression, and Treatment explores different processes that influence the efficacy of treatments and what lifestyle and be… Read more
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Cancer: How Lifestyles May Impact Disease Development, Progression, and Treatment explores different processes that influence the efficacy of treatments and what lifestyle and behavioral modification options are available to patients to improve therapy responses, with a focus on addressing their strengths and weaknesses. The book discusses mechanisms by which particular lifestyles may affect cancer processes, including various aspects of immune functioning, inflammatory and energy-related processes, reactive oxygen species, hormonal and neurotransmitter mechanisms, the role of neurotrophins, and microbial effects. Considerable attention is devoted to the impact of psychosocial processes that indirectly affect disease occurrence, and to behavioral change methods.
- Focuses on the link between lifestyle factors (eating/diet, exercise, sleep, circadian rhythms, and stressors) in the development and progression of various types of cancer
- Addresses the contributions of lifestyle behavior to the efficacy and moderation of cancer treatments and their side effects
- Delineates mechanisms by which particular lifestyles may come to affect the cancer process
Graduate students and researchers on oncology; Graduate students and researchers on neuroscience and behavioral science
1. Cancer biology and pathology2. Cancer and immunity3. Microbiota and health4. Genetic and epigenetic processes linked to cancer5. Stressors: Psychological and neurobiological processes6. Stress, immunity, and cancer 7. Eating and nutrition links to cancer8. Dietary components associated with being overweight, having obesity, and cancer9. Microbiota in relation to cancer 10. Exercise11. Sleep and circadian rhythms12. Adopting healthy behaviors: Towards prevention and cures 13. Cancer therapies: Caveats, concerns, and momentum 14. Traditional Therapies and their moderation15. Immunotherapies therapies and their moderation16. Moving forward - The science and the patient
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 12, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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Hymie Anisman
Hymie Anisman received his PhD from the University of Waterloo, where he was also on faculty for two years, and has been a Professor at Carleton University, since 1994. He has also held an adjunct appointment with the Institute of Mental Health Research (Royal Ottawa Hospital) since 1993. Professor Anisman was a Senior Ontario Mental Health Research Fellow, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and held a Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience from 2001-2015, and has since held the position of Canada Research Professor. The principle theme of his research has concerned the influence of stressors on neurochemical, neuroendocrine and immune systems, and how these influence psychological (anxiety, depression) and physical illnesses including neurodegenerative, heart disease, and cancer progression.
Affiliations and expertise
Canada Research Chair in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, ONT, CanadaAK
Alexander W. Kusnecov
Alex Kusnecov received his doctorate from the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, after which he conducted postdoctoral research in psychoneuroimmunology at the University of Rochester. Subsequently, he held a faculty appointment in the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA. He is currently a Professor within the Department of Psychology at Rutgers University, where his research involves the analyses of functional relationships between the brain and behavior, endocrine systems, and immune processes. His research on psychoneuroimmunology has appeared in prestigious journals, and together with Dr. Anisman, he has published two books (one an edited volume, and the other a text dealing with the involvement of the immune system in mental illnesses and neurodegenerative disorders). His research is funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH). He serves on the editorial board of Brain, Behavior and Immunity, and has served on several National Institute for Health research grant panels, and has reviewed grants for Canadian and European grant agencies. He has acted as undergraduate director of the Department of Psychology, and currently co-chairs the Department of Psychology Diversity and Climate Committee.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USARead Cancer on ScienceDirect