Handbook of Cancer Risk-Assessment and Prevention: . - Softcover

Colditz, Graham A.; Stein, Cynthia J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763718831 ISBN 13: 9780763718831

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2003

Synopsis

Written for health care providers at all levels, this handbook covers in depth fourteen of the most common cancers in the U.S. - providing for each a scientific summary of risk factors, a risk assessment tool for patients, and helpful hints to promote risk-reducing lifestyle changes. Additional chapters focus specifically on five key lifestyle behaviors that lower not only the risk of cancer but also the risk of other chronic diseases.

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About the Authors

Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH is a physician and epidemiologist whose work focuses on the causes of cancer and strategies to reduce the risk of cancer in individuals and in populations. Dr. Colditz received his MD from the University of Queensland, Australia, and his Doctorate in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School where he leads the ongoing Nurses Health Study evaluating lifestyle factors and risk of chronic disease among women. He is Director for Education in the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention and led the design of the center Web site, www.yourcancerrisk.harvard.edu.

Cynthia J. Stein, MD, MPH is an instructor in medicine at the Harvard Medical School. She received her MD degree from UCLA and her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention. In addition to teaching medical and public health students, Dr. Stein studies associations between lifestyle factors and disease risk. Her work focuses on risk communication and the development of strategies to reduce chronic disease risk in individuals and populations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763718831
• ISBN 13: 9780763718831
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 343