Textbook of cancer epidemiology / edited by Hans-Olov Adami, David Hunter, Dimitrios Trichopoulos ; with an introductory chapter by Brian MacMahon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adami, Hans-Olov.

Hunter, David J. (David John)

Trichopoulos, Dimitrios.

Series:

Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics ; v. 36.

Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics ; 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer--Epidemiology.

Cancer.

Neoplasms--epidemiology.

Medical Subjects:

Neoplasms--epidemiology.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 748 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Cancer epidemiology

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Contents:

Part I. Background

Accomplishments in cancer epidemiology / Brian MacMahon

Measures and estimates of cancer burden / Pagona Lagiou, Johanna Adami, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos

The origin of cancer / Jeffrey Ecsedy and David Hunter

Genetic epidemiology of cancer / Christopher Haiman and David Hunter

Biomarkers in cancer epidemiology / Paolo Boffetta and Dimitrios Trichopoulos

Concepts in cancer epidemiology and etiology / Pagona Lagiou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, and Hans-Olov Adami

Part II. Cancer epidemiology by site-specific cancers

Oral and pharyngeal cancer / Paul Brennan, Lorelei Mucci, and Hans-Olov Adami

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma / Ellen Chang and Hans-Olov Adami

Esophageal cancer / Olof Nyrén and Hans-Olov Adami

Stomach cancer / Olof Nyrén and Hans-Olov Adami

Colorectal cancer / John D. Potter and David Hunter

Cancer of the liver and biliary tract / Sherri Stuver and Dimitrios Trichopoulos

Pancreatic cancer / Anders Ekbom and Dimitrios Trichopoulos

Cancer of the lung, larynx, and pleura / Paolo Boffetta and Dimitrios Trichopoulos

Skin cancer / Adèle Green, Jolieke van der Pols, and David Hunter

Breast cancer / Susan Hankinson, Rulla Tamimi, and David Hunter

Cervical cancer / Nathalie Ylitalo, Sherri Stuver, and Hans-Olov Adami

Endometrial cancer / Immaculata DeVivo, Ingemar Persson, and Hans-Olov Adami

Ovarian cancer / Penelope Webb, Dorota Gertig, and David Hunter

Prostate cancer / Lorelei A. Mucci, Lisa B. Signorello, and Hans-Olov Adami

Testicular cancer / Lorenzo Richiardi, Rulla Tamimi, and Hans-Olov Adami

Urinary bladder cancer / Manolis Kogevinas, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos

Kidney cancer / Eunyoung Cho, Per Lindblad, and Hans-Olov Adami

Brain cancer / David A. Savitz and Dimitrios Trichopoulos

Thyroid cancer / Per Hall and Hans-Olov Adami

Hodgkin lymphoma / Mads Melbye, Henrik Hjalgrim, and Hans-Olov Adami

Non-hodgkin lymphoma / Mads Melbye, Karin Ekström Smedby, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos

Leukemias / Eleni Petridou, Apostolos Pourtsidis, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780195311174

0195311175

OCLC:

123962944