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Cancer epidemiology and prevention
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- Creator
- edited by David Schottenfeld, Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. ; associate editors, Graham A. Colditz, Jonathan M. Samet, Alice S. Whittemore
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- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Third edition
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 1392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 0195149610, 9780195149616
- OCLC
- ocm61167728
- Previous ed.: 1996.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- I. Basic concepts. Cause and cancer epidemiology / Steven N. Goodman and Jonathan M. Samet -- Morphologic and molecular classification of human cancer / Thomas J. Giordano -- Cancer precursors / Thomas E. Rohan ... [et al.] -- Molecular and genetic events in neoplastic transformation / Ayse E. Erson and Elizabeth M. Petty -- Risk assessment of carcinogenic hazards / Leslie T. Stayner, Paolo Boffetta, and Harri Vainio -- Application of biomarkers in cancer epidemiology / Montserrat Garcia-Closas ... [et al.] -- Genetic concepts and methods in epidemiologic research / Neil J. Risch and Alice S. Whittemore -- II. The magnitude of cancer. International patterns of cancer incidence and mortality / D. Maxwell Parkin and Freddie I. Bray -- Cancer incidence, mortality, and patient survival in the United States / Lynn A.G. Ries and Susan S. Devesa -- Socioeconomic disparities in cancer incidence and mortality / Ichiro Kawachi and Candyce Kroenke -- Migrant studies / Laurence N. Kolonel and Lynne R. Wilkins -- Economic impact of cancer in the United States / Martin L. Brown and K. Robin Yabroff --
- III. The causes of cancer. Tobacco / Michael J. Thun and S. Jane Henley -- Alcohol / James R. Marshall and Jo Freudenheim -- Ionizing radiation / John D. Boice, Jr. -- Solar radiation / Adele C. Green and David C. Whiteman -- Electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency radiation / David A. Savitz and Anders Ahlbom -- Occupation / Jack Siemiatycki, Lesley Richardson, and Paolo Boffetta -- Air pollution / Jonathan M. Samet and Aaron J. Cohen -- Water contaminants / Kenneth P. Cantor ... [et al.] -- Diet and nutrition / Walter C. Willett -- Obesity and body composition / Rachel Ballard-Barbash ... [et al.] -- Physical activity / I-Min Lee and Yuko Oguma -- Oxogenous hormones / James V. Lacey, Jr., Graham A. Colditz, and David Schottenfeld -- Pharmaceuticals other than hormones / Laurel A. Habel and Gary D. Friedman -- Infectious agents / Nancy E. Mueller ... [et al.] -- Immunologic factors / Gareth J. Morgan, Martha S. Linet, and Charles S. Rabkin -- Hereditary neoplastic syndromes / Noralane M. Lindor, Carl J. Lindor, and Mark H. Greene -- Genetic modifiers of cancer risk / Neil E. Caporaso --
- IV. Cancer by tissue of origin. Cancers of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses / Alyson J. Littman and Thomas L. Vaughan -- Nasopharyngeal cancer / Mimi c. Yu and Jian-Min Yuan -- Cancer of the larynx / Andrew F. Olshan -- Cancer of the lung / Margaret R. Spitz ... [et al.] -- Pleural and peritoneal neoplasms / Paolo Boffetta and Leslie T. Stayner -- Cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx / Susan T. Mayne, Douglas E. Morse, and Deborah M. Winn -- Esophageal cancer / William J. Blot, Joseph K. McLaughlin, and Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. -- Stomach cancer / Atsuko Shibata and Julie Parsonnet -- Cancer of the pancreas / Kristin E. Anderson, Thomas M. Mack, and Debra T. Silverman -- Liver cancer / W. Thomas London and Katherine A. McGlynn -- Biliary tract cancer / Ann W. Hsing ... [et al.] -- Cancers of the small intestne / Jennifer L. Beebe-Dimmer and David Schottenfeld -- Cancers of the colon and rectum / Edward Giovannucci and Kana Wu -- Anal cancer / Morten Frisch and Mads Melbye -- The leukemias / Martha S. Linet, Susan S. Devesa, and Gareth J. Morgan -- Hodgkin lymphoma / Nancy E. Mueller and Seymour Grufferman -- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma / Patricia Hartge ... [et al.] -- Multiple myeloma / Anneclaire J. De Roos ... [et al.] --
- Bone cancer / Robert W. Miller, John D. boice, Jr., and Rochelle E. Curtis -- Soft tissue sarcoma / Marianne Berwick -- Thyroid cancer / Elaine Ron and Arthur B. Schneider -- Breast cancer / Graham A. colditz, Heather J. Baer, and Rulla M. Tamimi -- Ovarian cancer / Susan E. Hankinson and Kim N. Danforth -- Endometrial cancer / Linda S. Cook ... [et al.] -- Cervical cancer / Mark H. Schiffman and Allan Hildesheim -- Cancers of the vulva and vagina / Margaret M. Madeleine and Janet R. Daling -- Choriocarcinoma / Julie R. Palmer and Colleen M. Feltmate -- Renal cancer / Joseph K. McLaughlin ... [et al.] -- Bladder cancer / Debra T. Silverman ... [et al.] -- Prostate cancer / Elizabeth A. Platz and Edward Giovannucci -- Testicular cancer / Aruna V. Sarma, Julie C. McLaughlin, and David Schottenfeld -- Penile cancer / Louise Wideroff and David Schottenfeld -- Nervous system / Susan Preston-Martin, Reema Munir, and Indro Chakrabarti -- Cutaneous and ocular melanoma / Stephen B. Gruber and Bruce K. Armstrong -- Keratinocyte carcinomas (basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin) / Margaret R. Karagas, Martin A. Weinstock, and Heather H. Nelson -- Cancers in children / Julie A. Ross and Logan G. Spector -- Multiple primary cancers / David Schottenfeld and Jennifer L. Beebe-Dimmer --
- V. Cancer prevention and control. Principles and applications of cancer prevention and control interventions / Robert A. Hiatt and Barbara K. Rimer -- Increasing the contribution of epidemiology to the primary prevention of cancer / Beverly Rockhill and Douglas Weed -- Cancer risk communication and comprehension / Karen M. Emmons, Cara Cuite, and Erika Waters -- Principles of screening / Bernard Levin and Philip C. Prorok -- Cancer chemoprevention / Jye L. Viner, Ernest Hawk, and Scott M. Lippman -- Regulating carcinogens / Jonathan M. Samet, Thomas A. Burke and Lynn Goldman
Subjects
- Cancer -- Prevention.
- Cancer -- Epidemiology.
- Neoplasms -- epidemiology.
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- Neoplasms -- prevention & control.
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