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Textbook of cancer epidemiology / edited by Hans-Olov Adami, David Hunter, Dimitrios Trichopoulos ; with an introductory chapter by Brian MacMahon.

Other author/creatorAdami, Hans-Olov.
Other author/creatorHunter, David J. (David John)
Other author/creatorTrichopoulos, Dimitrios.
Format Book and Print
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxxxiii, 748 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics ; 36
Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics v. 36. ^A12423
Contents Part I. Background -- Accomplishments in cancer epidemiology / Brian MacMahon -- Measures and estimates of cancer burden / Pagona Lagiou, Johanna Adami, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos -- The origin of cancer /Jeffrey Ecsedy and David Hunter -- Genetic epidemiology of cancer / Christopher Haiman and David Hunter -- Biomarkers in cancer epidemiology / Paolo Boffetta and Dimitrios Trichopoulos -- Concepts in cancer epidemiology and etiology / Pagona Lagiou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, and Hans-Olov Adami --
Contents Part II. Cancer epidemiology by site-specific cancers -- Oral and pharyngeal cancer / Paul Brennan, Lorelei Mucci, and Hans-Olov Adami -- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma / Ellen Chang and Hans-Olov Adami -- Esophageal cancer / Olof Nyrén and Hans-Olov Adami -- Stomach cancer / Olof Nyrén and Hans-Olov Adami -- Colorectal cancer / John D. Potter and David Hunter -- Cancer of the liver and biliary tract / Sherri Stuver and Dimitrios Trichopoulos -- Pancreatic cancer / Anders Ekbom and Dimitrios Trichopoulos -- Cancer of the lung, larynx, and pleura / Paolo Boffetta and Dimitrios Trichopoulos -- Skin cancer / Adèle Green, Jolieke van der Pols, and David Hunter -- Breast cancer / Susan Hankinson, Rulla Tamimi, and David Hunter -- Cervical cancer / Nathalie Ylitalo, Sherri Stuver, and Hans-Olov Adami -- Endometrial cancer / Immaculata DeVivo, Ingemar Persson, and Hans-Olov Adami -- Ovarian cancer / Penelope Webb, Dorota Gertig, and David Hunter -- Prostate cancer / Lorelei A. Mucci, Lisa B. Signorello, and Hans-Olov Adami -- Testicular cancer / Lorenzo Richiardi, Rulla Tamimi, and Hans-Olov Adami -- Urinary bladder cancer / Manolis Kogevinas, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos -- Kidney cancer / Eunyoung Cho, Per Lindblad, and Hans-Olov Adami -- Brain cancer / David A. Savitz and Dimitrios Trichopoulos -- Thyroid cancer / Per Hall and Hans-Olov Adami -- Hodgkin lymphoma / Mads Melbye, Henrik Hjalgrim, and Hans-Olov Adami -- Non-hodgkin lymphoma / Mads Melbye, Karin Ekström Smedby, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos -- Leukemias / Eleni Petridou, Apostolos Pourtsidis, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007018120
ISBN9780195311174 (alk. paper) :
ISBN0195311175 (alk. paper)

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