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CANCER AND METASTASIS REVIEWS
Volume 29, Issue 3, Pages 483-502Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10555-010-9239-y
Keywords
Phytochemicals; Herbs; Cancer chemoprevention; Metastasis; Molecular targets
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [RO1-CA073674, RO1-CA094828, R01-CA118947]
- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [R01CA118947, R01CA073674, R01CA094828] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES [P30ES005022] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Carcinogenesis is a multi-step process which could be prevented by phytochemicals. Phytochemicals from dietary plants and other plant sources such as herbs are becoming increasingly important sources of anticancer drugs or compounds for cancer chemoprevention or adjuvant chemotherapy. Phytochemicals can prevent cancer initiation, promotion, and progression by exerting anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative stress effects which are mediated by integrated Nrf2, NF-kappa B, and AP-1 signaling pathways. In addition, phytochemicals from herbal medicinal plants and/or some dietary plants developed in recent years have been shown to induce apoptosis in cancer cells and inhibition of tumor growth in vivo. In advanced tumors, a series of changes involving critical signaling molecules that would drive tumor cells undergoing epithelial-mesenchymal transition and becoming invasive. In this review, we will discuss the potential molecular targets and signaling pathways that mediate tumor onset and metastasis. In addition, we will shed light on some of the phytochemicals that are capable of targeting these signaling pathways which would make them potentially applicable to cancer chemoprevention, treatment and control of cancer progression.
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