Fundamentals of Cancer Prevention

Written as a collaborative work by scientists at the Arizona Cancer Center in the United States, this authoritative work provides non-specialists with a detailed review of the current status of cancer prevention and control practice and research.

An authoritative work that provides a detailed review of the current status of cancer prevention and control practice and research. This volume is an essential reference guide and tool for primary care physicians, the research community and students.

Written as a collaborative work by the faculty of the nationally renowned Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the Arizona Cancer Center, this book brings together the expertise of specialists in the field of cancer prevention and control to provide the medical and research community that does not specialize in this field with insight to the disciplines of cancer prevention and control.

Detailed review of the current status of cancer prevention Providing information on economic issues in cancer prevention Focusing on the prevention and control of specific disease sites In-depth information regarding the epidemiology, screening, prevention of each disease, including practice guidelines, theories and future research directions Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
to Cancer Prevention.- Assessing Human and Economic Benefits of Cancer Prevention.- The Role of Diet, Physical Activity and Body Composition in Cancer Prevention.- Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses to Cancer.- Hereditary Risk for Cancer.- Human Categories and Health: The Power of the Concept of Ethnicity.- Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Cancer Prevention.- Telemedicine in Cancer Prevention.- The Drug Development Process.- Developing Topical Prodrugs for Skin Cancer Prevention.- Skin Cancer Prevention.- Colorectal Cancer Prevention.- Lung Cancer Prevention.- Breast Cancer Prevention.- Prostate Cancer Prevention.- Cervical Cancer Prevention.- Ovarian Cancer Prevention.- Endometrial Cancer Prevention.- Cancer Survivorship.