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Contents: SECTION ONE: Herbal Medicine and Oncology; 1. Herbal Drugs for Oncology: Current Status and Future Directions in Cancer Chemoprevention; 2. Role of Phytochemicals in Cancer Chemoprevention; 3. Harnessing Medicinal Plants for Cancer Chemoprevention; 4. Botanicals Used in the Unani System of Medicine for Cancer Chemoprevention and Therapy; 5. Complementary Antitumor Properties of a Calendula Extract: Cytotoxic and Immunomodulatory Activity; 6. Protective Effect of Citrus aurantium and Crataegus microphylla Extracts against Cyclophosphamide-induced Genotoxicity; SECTION TWO: Phytodietary Compounds; 7. Nutritional Interactions for Cancer Prevention; 8. Chemotherapeutic and Chemopreventive Effects of Dietary Compounds and Breast Cancer; 9. Cancer Chemoprevention and Lifestyle Factors: An Overview of Epidemiology and Biological Mechanisms; 10. Role of Curcuma longa in Cancer Therapy and Chemoprevention; 11. Colon Carcinogenesis Prevention by Natural Products; 12. Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Oral Cancer: A Meta-analysis; 13. Antioxidant and Anticancer Activity of Tea Catechins: Potential for Development as Therapeutics; 14. Annatto: A Natural and Healthy Food Colorant for Prevention of Mutation-related Diseases; SECTION THREE: Plant-derived Bioactive Individual/Pure Compounds; 15. Resveratrol: A Novel Chemopreventive Agent for Prostate Cancer; 16. Resveratrol and Chemoprevention of Gliomas; 17. Isoflavones in Breast Cancer Chemoprevention; 17. Isoflavones in Breast Cancer Chemoprevention; 18. Apigenin in Health and Disease with Special Reference to Cancer Chemoprevention; 19. Prevention and Therapeutic Effects of Naturally occurring Isothiocyanates in Cancer; 20. Anticancer Properties of Phytosterols; 21. Anticancer Alkaloids of Catharanthus roseus; Transition from Tradition to Modern Medicine; SECTION FOUR: The Chemoradiotherapy Interface; 22. Effects of Natural Polyphenols on Chemoradiotherapy in Cancer; 23. Concurrent Paclitaxel and Radiotherapy Lung Cancer as a Model for Successful Implementation; 24. Polysaccharide from Panax ginseng as a New Adjuvant of Radio/Chemotherapy; SECTION FIVE: Can Herbal Medicine Improve the Outcome of Radiotherapy?; 25. Plant Products in Modification of Cellular Damage by Radiation: Implications in Cancer Radiotherapy; 26. Radioprotective Effects of Flaxseed Oil; 27. Radioprotective Effects of Aegle marmelos (Bael): Evidence from Preclinical Studies; 28. Radioprotective Role of Beta-carotene with Special Reference to Amaranthus; 29. Chemoprevention, Radiotherapy and Radioprotection by Tocotrienols from Palm Oil Extracts and Flavonoids isolated from Ocimum sanctum (Tulasi); SECTION SIX: Can Herbal Medicine Prevent Radiation-induced Cancers?; 30. Antioxidants: A New Approach to Tackle Radiation-induced Cancer; 31. Chemoprevention of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer; 32. Ultraviolet Radiation-induced Skin Damage and Carcinogenesis: Preclinical Efficacy of Camellia sinensis (Tea); SECTION SEVEN: New Vistas in Cancer Chemoprevention and Therapy; 33. Molecular Mechanisms and Interactions Responsible for Radio- and Chemoresistance in Tumors and their Modulation by Natural Products from Ayurveda; 34. Prevention and Management of Prostate Cancer: Mechanistic Insights based on In vitro Studies using Herbal Formulation; 35. Mechanisms of the Anticancer Activities of the Dietary Polyphenol, Quercetin; 36. Radiosensitization of Cancer Cells by Herbal Compounds: Soy Isoflavones Inhibit Cell Survival Pathways Activated by Radiation; 37. Dietary Modulation of Molecular Pathways of Cancer; 38. Ayurvedic Rasayana Drug Triphala as a Novel Anticancer, Chemopreventive and Radioprotective Agent: Mechanistic Insights; 39. Antioxidant, Anticancer, Cytoprotective and Radioprotective Properties of Podophyllum.