Cancer Prevention: The Causes and Prevention of Cancer ― Volume 1 (Cancer Prevention-Cancer Causes) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792366034 ISBN 13: 9780792366034

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

This Cancer Prevention book series aims to complement the research reported in the journal Cancer Causes and Control. Volumes in this series will summarize the state of the science from causes to prevention of cancer. The scope will be international. The past 20 years has seen an explosion of epidemiologic material on the causes of cancer. Examples include the growing number of studies of physical activity and colon cancer which have emerged and the numerous studies of components of diet such as alcohol and the risk of specific cancers. Major shifts in resource allocation now focus on translation of this new knowledge to actual cancer prevention programs. Researchers, practicing clinicians, and those who write and implement public health policy need this information summarized in an easily accessible format. The abundance of knowledge, increasing understanding of how to communicate risk of cancer to the public, and greater public awareness of cancer, make the coming years ones in which we will see many new attempts at widespread cancer prevention programs. For example, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a national colon cancer awareness campaign in early 1999.

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Review

`...each chapter provides a useful summary of the literature and dot-point lists of summary points and recommendations. This book might be useful for students and health professionals interested in a general overview of cancer causes and prevention. It scans the topic in one easy-to-read text, provides extensive reference lists at the end of each chapter and identifies recommended readings.'
Cancer Forum, 26:3

Synopsis

This volume, the first in the new series "Cancer Prevention - Cancer Causes", is derived from the 1st and 2nd Reports of the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention published in "Cancer Causes and Control", 1996; 7(Suppl 1) and 1997; 8(Suppl 2), respectively. This volume expands on materials to summarize the evidence on causes of cancer and to set forth a series of strategies to promote the prevention of cancer. "Cancer Prevention - Cancer Causes" is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of what is known about cancer risk in the United States (and other established market economies) and the preventive measures we can take to reduce the burden of cancer. The first half of this volume reviews the causes of human cancer considering a wide range of potential sources of risk such as smoking, diet, sedentary lifestyle, occupational factors, viruses, and alcohol. It concludes that cancer is indeed preventable. Over 50 percent of cancers could be prevented if what is already known about the causes of cancer could be implemented. The second half of this volume summarizes research on prevention programmes, public education campaigns, and social policy measures for preventing cancer.

Working in schools, health clinics, and workplaces as well as through the mass media and in the political arena, social scientists and health educators are designing innovative and effective health promotion programs to help people quit smoking, eat more healthily, and exercise more.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792366034
• ISBN 13: 9780792366034
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Colditz Graham A., Hunter D.J.