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Cancer prevention and control / edited by Peter Greenwald, Barnett S. Kramer, Douglas L. Weed.

Contributor(s): Series: Basic and clinical oncology ; 6Publication details: New York : M. Dekker, c1995.Description: xiv, 803 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0824792580 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • QZ 266 C2151 1995
Contents:
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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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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