Oncology Nutrition Information Resources: BCCA, e-HLbc and Beyond

BCCA Library Catalog

Be sure to check out the Browse Popular Topics list on Nutrition

Some recent BCCA Library resources Cancer friendly foods / BC Cancer Agency. Annual Cancer Conference (2006 November : Vancouver, BC); Larouche, Lynda; Bowman, Angela - Vancouver, BC: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services, ( Patient or Public; DVD in English ) China study : the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted and the startling implications for diet, weight loss and long-term health / Campbell, T. Colin; Campbell, Thomas M - Dallas, TX: BenBella Books, ( Professional; Book in English ) Clinical guide to oncology nutrition 2nd ed. / Oncology Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group; Elliott, Laura - Chicago, IL: American Dietetic Association, ( Professional; Book in English ) Cooking with foods that fight cancer / Béliveau, Richard; Gingras, Denis - Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. c2007. ( Patient or Public; Book in English ) Dietary supplements 3rd ed. / Mason, Pamela - Chicago, IL: Pharmaceutical Press, ( Professional; Book in English ) Integrative oncology : incorporating complementary medicine into conventional cancer care / Cohen, Lorenzo; Markman, Maurie - Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, ( Professional; Book in English ) Mayo Clinic book of alternative medicine / Mayo Clinic - New York, NY: Time Inc ( Patient or Public - Recommended; Book in English )

How to Access BCCA resources Each BCCA Cancer Centre has a Library that you are welcome to come in and use if you live in the area: –Rix Family Discovery Centre ( Open Mon-Fri 9:00 am - 5:00 pm) –675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3 (604) –Fraser Valley Centre (Call for hours) th Avenue, Surrey, BC V3V 1Z2 (604) ext –Centre for the Southern Interior (Open Tue – Fri 11:00 am – 3:00 pm) 399 Royal Avenue, Kelowna, BC V1Y 5L3 (250) ext –Vancouver Island Cancer Centre (Open Mon-Fri 8:00 am – 3:00 pm) 2410 Lee Avenue, Victoria, BC V8R 6V5 (250) –And soon to open in Abbotsford – August 2008

Out-of-town? The Rix Family Discovery Centre Library in Vancouver can mail material to you if you do not have a BCCA centre close-by. Rix Family Discovery Centre 675 West 10th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3 Open Mon-Fri 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Toll-free , ext within British Columbia and Yukon only

Request loans of material from BCCA via the Library catalogue

BCCA Library Loans Policy We serve the people of BC and Yukon. Any BC or Yukon resident may borrow items designated as Patient or Public. Only BCCA-employed staff may directly borrow items designated as Professional. Other health professionals wanting to borrow Professional resources, must arrange for another library to request an Inter-library loan from BCCA. (This can be done very quickly though!) Pamphlets: single copies or a photocopy only, no bulk orders.

What about Journal Articles? Health professionals are able to come in to any of our libraries to photocopy articles (copy charges apply) Articles from journals owned by BCCA can be requested as Inter-Library loans, to be sent to your local library. We are not typically able to offer a direct mail-out service to external health professionals.

What’s available online? Pubmed.gov will link you to free full-text, if it is available. Many publishers will now provide free access to their journal content after a 6 or 12 month embargo, and increasing numbers of journals are immediately Open Access. Look for these icons in the PubMed display list:

Electronic Health Library of BC – a consortial purchasing arrangement for health and academic libraries Available from all health authorities, and all publicly-funded post-secondary institutions via IP access (networked computers) Includes over 1600 full-text journals

Fulltext journals available in the e-HLbc collections Acta Oncologica Alternative Medicine Review Alternative Therapies in Women’s Health Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism Annual Review of Nutrition Australian Journal of Nutrition & Dietetics British journal of cancer Cancer Nursing Clinical journal of oncology nursing Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care European Journal of Cancer Prevention : The Official Journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) European Journal of Clinical Nutrition International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity International Journal of Food Sciences & Nutrition The journal of alternative and complementary medicine : research on paradigm, practice, and policy Journal of Asian Natural Products research Journal of Chinese Medicine Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietetics Journal of Nutrition Education Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition Journal of the American Herbalist’s Guild Journal of Nutrition Education Nutrition & Cancer Oncology Nursing Forum - Oncology Nursing Society Scandinavian Journal of Food & Nutrition Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine

Sample articles available in the e-HLbc collections Diet and vitamin or mineral supplementation and risk of rectal cancer in Canada. By: Hu, Jinfu; Mery, Les; Desmeules, Marie; MacLeod, Monica; Group, The Canadian Cancer Registries Epidemiology Research.Diet and vitamin or mineral supplementation and risk of rectal cancer in Canada. Acta Oncologica, Apr2007, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p , 13p; DOI: / ; (AN ) Cited References (34) PDF Full Text(108K) PDF Full Text Dietary factors in gastrointestinal tract cancers - an Asian perspective. By: Tsugane, Shoichiro.Dietary factors in gastrointestinal tract cancers - an Asian perspective. Acta Oncologica, Apr2007, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p , 2p; DOI: / ; (AN ) Cited References (5) PDF Full Text(41K) PDF Full Text Dietary Folate, Alcohol Consumption, and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. By: Polesel, Jerry; Dal Maso, Luigino; La Vecchia, Carlo; Montella, Maurizio; Spina, Michele; Crispo, Anna; Talamini, Renato; Franceschi, Silvia.Dietary Folate, Alcohol Consumption, and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Nutrition & Cancer, 2007, Vol. 57 Issue 2, p , 5p, 2 charts; DOI: / ; (AN ) PDF Full Text(68K) PDF Full Text Review: Review of the Factors Affecting Bioavailability of Soy Isoflavones in Humans. By: Nielsen, Inge Lise Finne; Williamson, Gary.Review: Review of the Factors Affecting Bioavailability of Soy Isoflavones in Humans. Nutrition & Cancer, 2007, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p, 2 charts, 4 graphs; DOI: / ; (AN ) PDF Full Text(746K) PDF Full Text

Embargo periods Many of the 900 journals in the Biomedical Reference Collection have a 3, 6 or 12 month embargo period after the date of publication. This means you can see the citation and read the abstract, but the full-text of the article will not be available for those many months after publication. If you really want to know which journals this applies to the embargo list is here:

Don’t work at a Health Authority? e-HLbc is licensed for all health professional in BC but currently only the HAs, post-secondary institutions and a handful of professional colleges or associations pay for access. Access to the resources costs money! Lobby the College of Dieticians of BC to join the e-HLbc. Contact for more

Other Internet resources BCCA maintains a useful resource list of websites, called Recommended Links on our website: Nutrition links – includes links for health professionals Nausea links Multilingual resources

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies Most monographs in the BCCA Unconventional Cancer Therapies Manual haven’t been updated since 2000, and the future of this resource is currently under review. In the meantime, other resources are available – see our Complementary/Alternative therapies links page: nks/treatment/complementary.htm nks/treatment/complementary.htm

MedlinePlus

Natural Standard Database – Public version soon to be linked from the BCCA website

Health Canada

Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database

Check up on Nutraceutical contents and label claims -

American Cancer Society – CAM webpages

UBC Library Subject Guides The UBC Library maintains some excellent start- here guides for Life Science disciplines. Most of the databases and ejournals are only available to UBC staff and students, but the pages have MANY useful links to websites, online resources and government documents. Dietetics/Nutrition: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Food Science