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Uniform Title Cancer epidemiology and prevention
Title Schottenfeld and Fraumeni cancer epidemiology and prevention / lead editor, Michael J. Thun ; co-editors, Martha S. Linet, James R. Cerhan, Christopher Haiman, David Schottenfeld ; project manager, Annelie M. Landgren
Edition Fourth edition
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 1308 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction -- I. Basic concepts. Biology of neoplasia -- Morphological and molecular classification of human cancer -- Genomic landscape of cancer -- Genetic epidemiology of cancer -- Application of biomarkers in cancer epidemiology -- Causal inference in cancer epidemiology -- II. The magnitude of cancer. Patterns of cancer incidence, mortality, and survival -- Socioeconomic disparities in cancer incidence and mortality -- The economic burden of cancer in the United States -- III. The causes of cancer. Tobacco -- Alcohol and cancer risk -- Ionizing radiation -- Ultraviolet radiation -- Electromagnetic fields -- Occupational cancer -- Air pollution -- Water contaminants -- Diet and nutrition -- Obesity and body composition -- Physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and risk of cancer -- Hormones and cancer -- Pharmaceutical drugs other than hormones -- Infectious agents -- Immunologic factors -- IV. Cancers by tissue of origin. Nasopharyngeal cancer -- Cancer of the larynx -- Lung cancer -- Oral cavity, oropharynx, lip, and salivary glands -- Esophageal cancer -- Stomach cancer -- Cancer of the pancreas -- Liver cancer -- Biliary tract cancer -- Small intestine cancer -- Cancers of the colon and rectum -- Anal cancer -- Leukemias -- Hodgkin lymphoma -- The non-Hodgkin lymphomas -- Multiple myeloma -- Bone cancers -- Soft tissue sarcoma -- Thyroid cancer -- Breast cancer -- Ovarian cancer -- Endometrial cancer -- Cervical cancer -- Vulvar and vaginal cancers -- Choriocarcinoma -- Renal cancer -- Bladder cancer -- Prostate cancer -- Testicular cancer -- Penile cancer -- Nervous system -- Melanoma -- Keratinocyte cancers -- Childhood cancers -- Multiple primary cancers -- V. Cancer prevention and control. Framework for understanding cancer prevention -- Primary prevention of cancer -- Tobacco control -- Prevention of obesity and physical inactivity -- Prevention of infection-related cancers -- Protection from ultraviolet radiation -- Preventive therapy -- Regulation -- Cancer screening
Summary "The most authoritative and encyclopedic text on cancer's causes, incidence, mortality, and survival patterns currently available -- Chapters oriented both by cause of cancer (e.g., biologic agents, tobacco, alcohol, obesity) and by tissue of origin (e.g., liver), each containing comprehensive overviews of future research directions -- Additional chapter-based coverage of cancer's basic concepts, magnitude, global patterns, and modes of prevention -- Features chapters commissioned and written by an unparalleled assembly of experts from the world's most prestigious academic institutions -- The essential reference work in cancer epidemiology and prevention research"--Website publisher
Notes Preceded by Cancer epidemiology and prevention / edited by David Schottenfeld, Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. 3rd ed. 2006
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 27, 2018)
Subject Cancer -- Epidemiology.
Tumors -- Epidemiology
Cancer -- Prevention.
Neoplasms -- epidemiology
Neoplasms -- prevention & control
MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
Cancer -- Epidemiology
Cancer -- Prevention
Form Electronic book
Author Thun, Michael J., editor.
Linet, Martha S., editor.
Cerhan, James R., editor.
Haiman, Christopher A., editor
Schottenfeld, David, editor.
ISBN 9780190238674
0190238674
9780190238698
0190238690
9780190238681
0190238682
Other Titles Cancer epidemiology and prevention
OTHER TI Preceded by: Schottenfeld and Fraumeni cancer epidemiology and prevention. 3rd ed