Fundamentals of cancer prevention
By: David S. Alberts, Lisa M. Hess, editors.
Contributors: Alberts, David S. 1939-; Hess, Lisa M.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
Subjects: Cancer -- Prevention.; Neoplasms -- diagnosis.; Neoplasms -- etiology.; Neoplasms -- prevention & control.; Early Diagnosis.; Risk Factors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction of cancer prevention; title: Assessing human and economic benefits of cancer prevention; title: The role of diet, physical activity and body composition in cancer prevention; title: Hereditary risk for cancer; title: Human categories and health: the power of the concept of ethnicity; title: Complementary and alternative approaches to cancer prevention; title: The drug development process; title: Developing topical prodrugs for skin cancer prevention; title: Skin cancer prevention; title: Colorectal cancer prevention; title: Lung cancer prevention; title: Breast cancer prevention; title: Prostate cancer prevention; title: Cervical and endometrial cancer prevention; title: Ovarian cancer prevention; title: Cancer survivorship.