ESMO handbook of cancer prevention
By: edited by Dirk Schrijvers ... [et al.].
Contributors: European Society for Medical Oncology
Publisher: Informa Healthcare; Distributed in North and South America by Taylor & Francis
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780415390859
Subjects: Risk Assessment; Cancer; Prevention & control; Neoplasms; Prevention; Handbooks, manuals; Handbooks
Other titles: European Society for Medical Oncology handbook of cancer prevention
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cancer epidemiology; title: Types of prevention : basic concepts; title: Methodologies in cancer prevention; title: Obesity and exercising; title: Hormones; title: Environment-related factors; title: Viral agents : hepatitis B and hepatocellular carcinoma; title: Viral agents : human papilloma virus; title: Cigarette smoking and smoking cessation; title: Alcohol; title: Nutrition; title: Work-related risk factors; title: Drug-related cancers; title: Radiation; title: Breast cancer : chemoprevention and screening; title: Cervical cancer; title: Colorectal cancer; title: Prostate cancer prevention; title: Lung cancer screening; title: Hereditary cancer syndromes : general principles on the role of prevention and screening; title: Hereditary cancer syndromes : role of prevention and screening.