Cancer prevention and control / edited by Peter Greenwald, Barnett S. Kramer, Douglas L. Weed.
Series: Basic and clinical oncology ; 6Publication details: New York : M. Dekker, c1995.Description: xiv, 803 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cmISBN:- 0824792580 (alk. paper)
- QZ 266 C2151 1995
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Open Access | Health Sciences Library | QZ 266 C2151 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | MBAL22010752 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS
1. Introduction: History of cancer prevention and control
Part 1: The burden of cancer
2. Cancer patterns in the United States
3. Patterns in minorities and special populations
4. International patterns of cancer
5. The economic burden of cancer
Part II: Basic concepts in the biology of Cancer
6. Molecular biology and epidemiology of cancer
7. Biomarkers and histology of premalignant and malignant lesions
8. The role of Tumor progression in prevention of cancer and reduction of cancer mortality
9. Environmental health-risk assessment: a Canadian perspective
10. Interactions between nature and nurture
Part III: The methodologies of cancer prevention research
11. Nonexperimental methods
12. Experimental methods in cancer prevention
13. Screening studies
14. Data sources
15. Improved decision making in cancer prevention and control: selected evaluation methods and their use
16. Metaanalysis
17. Causal and preventive inference
Part IV: The practice of cancer prevention and control
18. Dietary prevention
19. The chemprevention of cancer
20. Tobacco products
21. Cancer control in special populations: African-Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, Poor undeserved
22. Cancer prevention in the workplace
23. Translating science into practice: Cancer prevention in primary care medicine
24. The public health potential for cancer prevention and control
25. Public policy issues
26. Cancer prevention and the law
27. Ethics in cancer prevention and control
Part V: Prevention and control for Organ-specific tumors
28. Early detection and prevention of breast cancer
29. Prevention and control of colorectal cancer
30. Lung cancer
31. Female reproductive tract: Cervix, endometrium, Ovary
32. skin cancer: Prevention and control
33. Cancer of the head and the neck
34. Genitourinary cancer
35. Other gastrointestinal cancers: stomach, liver
Part VI: The future of cancer prevention and control
36. Cancer control modeling
37. Training in cancer prevention and control
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