Cancer as a metabolic disease : on the origin, management, and prevention of cancer / Thomas N. Seyfried.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Images of cancer -- Confusion surrounds the origin of cancer -- Cancer models -- Energetics of normal cells and cancer cells -- Respiratory dysfunction in cancer cells -- The Warburg dispute -- Is respiration normal in most cancer cells? -- Is mitochondrial glutamine fermentation the missing link in the metabolic theory of cancer? -- Genes, respiration, viruses, and cancer -- Respiratory insufficiency, the retrograde response, and the origin of cancer -- Mitochondria: the ultimate tumor suppressor -- Abnormalities in growth control, telomerase activity, apoptosis, and angiogenesis linked to mitochondrial dysfunction -- Metastasis -- Mitochondrial respiratory dysfunction and the extrachromosomal origin of cancer -- Nothing in cancer biology makes sense except in the light of evolution -- Cancer treatment strategies -- Metabolic management of cancer -- Patient implementation of metabolic therapies for cancer management -- Cancer prevention -- Case studies and personal experiences in using the ketogenic diet for cancer management.