Handbook of Nutrition and Diet in Leukemia and Blood Disease Therapy

385 Pages·2016·3.41 MB·English

by  Ronald Ross Watson

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Handbook of nutrition and diet in leukemia
and blood disease therapy

Handbook of
nutrition and diet in leukemia
and blood disease therapy
Edited by:
Ronald Ross Watson
Daruka Mahadevan
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ISSN 2212-375X
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Table of contents
Acknowledgements 11
Preface 13
R. Ross Watson and Daruka Mahadevan
Blood nutrition and health: overview
1. Multidisciplinary nutritional support in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation 17
S. Hagiwara
2. Measuring hypercoagulability as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases 31
M. Božič-Mijovski
3. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia 49
R. Lassila
4. Management and outcomes in severe anemia 63
A.M. Beliaev and S.J. Allen
Vitamins and other small compounds in the therapy of blood diseases
5. Vitamins C and E supplementation in sickle cell anaemia 91
M.M. Arrudaand M.S. Figueiredo
6. Management of anemia by convective treatments and vitamin E coated membranes 107
L. Del Vecchio, S. Andrulli, L. Violo and F. Locatelli
7. Conjoint deficiency of vitamin C and NQO1 causes cigarette smoke-induced
myelodysplastic syndrome 123
A. Das and I.B. Chatterjee
8. Vitamin C, scurvy, inflammation and cancer 141
A.L. Maltos, G.V. Portari, and D.F. da Cunha
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Iron in health of blood diseases
9. Iron supplementation among low-income people: evidence from randomized
controlled trials 159
A.K. Mitra
10. Strategy to reduce iron-deficiency anemia in childhood: fortification of drinking water
with iron 171
D.S. Rocha, J.A. Lamounier, F.D. Capanema and C.S. Oliveira
11. I ntake and dietary sources of heme and non-heme iron in children and adolescents:
recommendations for preventing iron deficiency 183
C. Julián-Almárcegui, A.L.M. Heath, L. Harvey, B. Sarria and I. Huybrechts
Foods in blood diseases
12. Enteral nutrition with L-glutamine in sepsis patients 205
A.A.M. Cavalcante, P.R.L. de Vasconcelos and J.F.M. Cavalcante
13. The role of the neutropenic diet in preventing infection in cancer patients on
chemotherapy: a critical review 219
S.J. Jubelirer
14. Taurine affects hematologic properties and diseases 231
S. Roysommuti and J.M. Wyss
15. L-carnitine in uremic anemia 249
M. Bonomini, V. Sirolli and A. Arduini
Foods, vitamins and minerals in leukemia
16. Oxidative stress, leukemia growth and possible therapies 271
A. Shehzad, H. Zahid, M. Shahid and Y.S. Lee
17. Genetic variants of folate metabolic pathways in hematological toxicity of leukemia patients 291
S.M. Naushad, P. Dorababu and R. Digumarti
18. The effects of coffee and tea on leukemia cells 303
L.W. Sanchez and R.R. Watson
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19. Nutrition for patients with thalassemia 315
E.B. Fung, C. Schroepfer and A. Lal
20. A growing risk in a growing population: obesity's impact on leukemia incidence and
survival 335
E. Orgel
21. Nutrition in anemia 353
N. Thakur, N. RaiA.F. Siddiqui
Index 371
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