Cancer
While cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, it’s usually the No. 2 killer that strikes fear into most — cancer. With our research expertise in nutrition and human development, faculty in the college are engaged in cancer research from the perspectives of prevention and families coping with cancer.
Cancer Prevention
It’s been suggested that nutrients play a prominent role in cancer prevention, but how they regulate cells is still unclear. To help better understanding that role, which will aid in designing recommendations to prevent specific diseases, foods and nutrition researchers are collaborating with researchers at the Purdue Cancer Center and the Oncological Sciences Center.
- botanicals and cancer chemoprevention
- molecular mechanisms in the progression of cancer
- vitamin D and cancer chemoprevention
- vitamin E and cancer chemoprevention/chemotherapy
- more
Living with Cancer
Health concerns are central to family life across the developmental spectrum, and families become increasingly important as adults face health care changes in old age. This is especially true for families coping with cancer.
- physician-patient communication with cancer patients
- effectiveness of psycho-social/behavioral treatment designed to reduce pain associated with bone cancer
- how couple and family functioning affect outcomes of patients diagnosed with chronic illnesses, such as breast cancer
- more