part PART I Introduction -- chapter 1 Epidemiology of Breast, Prostate, and Colon Cancers -- chapter 2 How Dietary Components Protect from Cancer -- part PART II: Dietary Components That Protect from Cancer: Vitamins -- chapter 3 Vitamin A, β-Carotene, and Cancer / chapter 4 Anticarcinogenic Activity of Natural and Synthetic Carotenoids -- chapter 5 Vitamin D and the Risk of Cancer -- chapter 6 Vitamin E Analogs as Anticancer Agents -- chapter 7 Vitamin C Blocks Carcinogenic Tumor Formation -- chapter 8 Folic Acid, Folates, and Cancer -- part PART III: Dietary Components That Protect from Cancer: Minerals -- chapter 9 Calcium and Chemoprevention of Colon Cancer -- chapter 10 Relationship of Selenium Intake to Cancer -- part PART IV: Dietary Components That Protect from Cancer: Phytosterols -- chapter 11 Phytosterols: Sources and Metabolism -- chapter 12 Phytosterols: Bioactivity on Cancer -- part PART V: Dietary Components That Protect from Cancer: Polyphenols -- chapter 13 Classification, Dietary Sources, Absorption, Bioavailability, and Metabolism of Flavonoids -- chapter 14 Isoflavones, Soybean Phytoestrogens, and Cancer -- chapter 15 Implications of Flavonoids as a Sex Hormone Source -- chapter 16 Flavonoids as Inhibitors of Tumor Metastasis -- chapter 17 Catechins and Inhibitory Activity against Carcinogenesis -- chapter 18 Cancer Chemoprotective Activity of Stilbenes: Resveratrol -- chapter 19 Flaxseed and Lignans: Effects on Breast Cancer -- chapter 20 Anthocyanins and Cancer Prevention -- part PART VI Dietary Components That Protect from Cancer: Isothiocyanates -- chapter 21 Isothiocyanates and Cancer Prevention -- part PART VII Dietary Components That Protect from Cancer: Saponins -- chapter 22 Anticancer Activity of Ginseng and Soy Saponins -- part PART VIII: Dietary Components That Protect Cancer: Specialized Lipids -- chapter 23 Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cancer Prevention -- chapter 24 Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Cancer / chapter 25 Sphingolipids as Chemopreventive Agents -- part PART IX Dietary Cancer Risk Factors -- chapter 26 Obesity as a Cancer Risk Factor: Epidemiology -- chapter 27 Obesity as a Cancer Risk Factor: Potential Mechanisms of Action -- chapter 28 Alcohol and Cancer: Cellular Mechanisms of Action.