How Plant Flavonoids Affect The Outcome Of Hormonal And Biological Cancer Therapies : A Handbook For Doctors And Patients (Original PDF From Publisher)

How Plant Flavonoids Affect The Outcome Of Hormonal And Biological Cancer Therapies : A Handbook For Doctors And Patients (Original PDF From Publisher)

Author: Katrin Sak

Globally, cancer represents a serious socioeconomic burden and a growing public health concern.

According to WHO estimates, malignant illnesses claimed the lives of about 10 million individuals in 2020, meaning that cancer

accounts for one in every six fatalities.

Simultaneously, the number of cancer survivors worldwide is increasing due to both demographic aging and advancements in early

detection, diagnosis, and treatment techniques.

Today, an increasing number of cancer patients choose, often without their doctors’ knowledge, to use dietary supplements and herbal

products to improve their general health, slow down the disease’s progression, improve the effectiveness of conventional therapies,

lessen anxiety and depression related to their diagnosis and ease the side effects of medications.

Many flavonoids, including catechins from green tea extracts, isoflavones from soy products, flavanones from citrus oils and silibinin

from milk thistle seeds, are typically found in these over-the-counter supplements.

Many flavonoid-rich products are frequently taken in addition to conventional cancer treatments without considering or knowing how

clinically utilized anticancer medications and bioactive flavonoids derived from plants may interact.

This book, which is a logical sequel to Plant Flavonoids Affect Cancer Chemotherapeutic Efficacy: A Handbook for Doctors and

Patients (2019) and Dietary Flavonoids Interfere with Cancer Radiotherapy (2019), discusses the various effects of these polyphenolic

phytochemicals on hormonal and targeted biological cancer therapies.

The impact of plant extracts rich in flavonoids and semisynthetic derivatives on the anticancer activities of drugs administered in

combination with hormone therapy and targeted biological cancer therapies is covered in detail, along with some indicative

recommendations for patients receiving these treatments.

Flavonoids are not the only naturally occurring compounds that have this effect.