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Schottenfeld and Fraumeni cancer epidemiology and prevention
1 online resource (xix, 1308 pages) : illustrations, maps
"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
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.
lead editor, Michael J. Thun ; co-editors, Martha S. Linet, James R. Cerhan, Christopher Haiman, David Schottenfeld ; project manager, Annelie M. Landgren.
Preceded by Cancer epidemiology and prevention / edited by David Schottenfeld, Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. 3rd ed. 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]