ISBN : 9780190238667
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Acknowledgments; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; Part I - Basic Concepts; 2 Biology of Neoplasia; 3 Morphological and Molecular Classification of Human Cancer; 4 Genomic Landscape of Cancer - Insights for Epidemiologists; 5 Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer; 6 Application of Biomarkers in Cancer Epidemiology; 7 Causal Inference in Cancer Epidemiology; Part II - The Magnitude of Cancer; 8 Patterns of Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Survival; 9 Socioeconomic Disparities in Cancer Incidence and Mortality; 10 The Economic Burden of Cancer in the United States; Part III - The Causes of Cancer; 11 Tobacco; 12 Alcohol and Cancer Risk; 13 Ionizing Radiation; 14 Ultraviolet Radiation; 15 Electromagnetic Fields; 16 Occupational Cancer; 17 Air Pollution; 18 Water Contaminants; 19 Diet and Nutrition; 20 Obesity and Body Composition; 21 Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviors, and Risk of Cancer; 22 Hormones and Cancer; 23 Pharmaceutical Drugs Other Than Hormones; 24 Infectious Agents; 25 Immunologic Factors; Part IV - Cancers by Tissue of Origin; 26 Nasopharyngeal Cancer; 27 Cancer of the Larynx; 28 Lung Cancer; 29 Oral Cavity, Oropharynx, Lip, and Salivary Glands; 30 Esophageal Cancer; 31 Stomach Cancer; 32 Cancer of the Pancreas; 33 Liver Cancer; 34 Biliary Tract Cancer; 35 Small Intestine Cancer; 36 Cancers of the Colon and Rectum; 37 Anal Cancer; 38 Leukemias; 39 Hodgkin Lymphoma; 40 The Non- Hodgkin Lymphomas; 41 Multiple Myeloma; 42 Bone Cancers; 43 Soft Tissue Sarcoma; 44 Thyroid Cancer; 45 Breast Cancer; 46 Ovarian Cancer; 47 Endometrial Cancer; 48 Cervical Cancer; 49 Vulvar and Vaginal Cancers; 50 Choriocarcinoma; 51 Renal Cancer; 52 Bladder Cancer; 53 Prostate Cancer; 54 Testicular Cancer; 55 Penile Cancer; 56 Nervous System; 57 Melanoma; 58 Keratinocyte Cancers; 59 Childhood Cancers; 60 Multiple Primary Cancers; Part V - Cancer Prevention and Control; 61 Framework for Understanding Cancer Prevention; 62 Primary Prevention; 62.1 Tobacco Control; 62.2 Prevention of Obesity and Physical Inactivity; 62.3 Prevention of Infection-Related Cancers; 62.4 Protection from Ultraviolet Radiation; 62.5 Preventive Therapy; 62.6 Regulation; 63 Cancer Screening
