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Fundamentals of Cancer Prevention [electronic resource] / edited by David Alberts, Lisa M. Hess.

By: Alberts, David [editor.].
Contributor(s): Hess, Lisa M [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014Edition: 3rd ed. 2014.Description: VIII, 663 p. 34 illus., 13 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642389832.Subject(s): Medicine | Oncology | Epidemiology | Medicine & Public Health | Oncology | Medicine/Public Health, general | EpidemiologyDDC classification: 616.994 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- Human and Economic Benefits of Prevention -- Nutrition/ Lifestyle -- Nutrients -- Immune Response -- Hereditary Risk -- Health Disparties in Prevention -- Culture/ Ethnicity -- CAM -- Reaching Underserved/ Novel Approaches -- Global Health -- Drug Development -- Prodrugs -- Skin Cancer -- Colorectal Cancer -- Lung Cancer -- Breast Cancer -- Prostate Cancer -- Cervical Cancer -- Ovarian Cancer -- Endometrial Cancer -- Survivorship.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This authoritative work is an essential reference guide and tool for oncologists, primary care physicians, the research community, and students with an interest in reducing the burden of cancer. Written as a collaborative work by nationally recognized leaders in the field of cancer prevention and control, the third edition provides readers with new information related to recent developments in the field. The scope of this edition has been expanded to include topics related to global health and to provide readers with novel insights into the expanding disciplines within cancer prevention and control.
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Introduction -- Human and Economic Benefits of Prevention -- Nutrition/ Lifestyle -- Nutrients -- Immune Response -- Hereditary Risk -- Health Disparties in Prevention -- Culture/ Ethnicity -- CAM -- Reaching Underserved/ Novel Approaches -- Global Health -- Drug Development -- Prodrugs -- Skin Cancer -- Colorectal Cancer -- Lung Cancer -- Breast Cancer -- Prostate Cancer -- Cervical Cancer -- Ovarian Cancer -- Endometrial Cancer -- Survivorship.

This authoritative work is an essential reference guide and tool for oncologists, primary care physicians, the research community, and students with an interest in reducing the burden of cancer. Written as a collaborative work by nationally recognized leaders in the field of cancer prevention and control, the third edition provides readers with new information related to recent developments in the field. The scope of this edition has been expanded to include topics related to global health and to provide readers with novel insights into the expanding disciplines within cancer prevention and control.

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