Textbook of cancer epidemiology

This text gives a systematic account of what is currently known about the epidemiology and primary prevention for most forms of human cancer. Part 1 provides an introduction to basic concepts in epidemiology, a description of the global burden of cancer, definitions and characterisations of the vari...

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Other Authors: edited by Hans-Olov Adami; David Hunter; Dimitrios Trichopoulos; with an introductory chapter by Brian MacMahon
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English
Published: Oxford ; New York,New York Oxford University Press 2008
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Institutions: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh
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Summary:This text gives a systematic account of what is currently known about the epidemiology and primary prevention for most forms of human cancer. Part 1 provides an introduction to basic concepts in epidemiology, a description of the global burden of cancer, definitions and characterisations of the various measures used, and approaches used to reveal genetic determinants of cancer risk and integrate biologic markers in the epidemiologic research process. Part 2 contains chapters of uniform structure on over 20 types of cancer, providing clinical and pathological outlines, descriptive epidemiology, and a comprehensive account of risk factors and their etiological importance. Specific sections address somatic and germ cell mutations that play a role in the occurrence of particular forms of cancer
Physical Description:xxxiii, 748 p.
ill.
26 cm
ISBN:0195311175
9780195311174