Cancer epidemiology. v. 2, Modifiable factors / edited by Mukesh Verma. — New York, N.Y. : Humana Press, c2009. – (58.17/M592/v.472)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Preface
    Contributors
    Contents of Volume I
    PART I: MODIFIABLE FACTORS IN CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
    1. Environmental and Occupational Risk Factors for Lung Cancer
    2. Lifestyle， Genes， and Cancer
    3. Energy Balance， Physical Activity， and Cancer Risk
    4. Genetic Epidemiology Studies in Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer
    5. Parental Smoking and Childhood Leukemia
    6. Lung Cancer and Exposure to Metals: The Epidemiological Evidence
    7. Breast Cancer and the Role of Exercise in Women
    8. Energy Intake， Physical Activity， Energy Balance， and Cancer: Epidemiologic Evidence
    9. Contribution of Alcohol and Tobacco Use in Gastrointestinal Cancer Development
    10. Role of Xenobiotic Metabolic Enzymes in Cancer Epidemiology
    11. Genetic Polymorphisms in the Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling Pathways and Breast Cancer Risk and Survival 265
    PART II: EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ORGAN-SPECIFIC CANCER
    12. Molecular Epidemiology of DNA Repair Genes in Bladder Cancer 281
    13. Breast Cancer Screening and Biomarkers
    14. Epidemiology of Brain Tumors
    15. Mammographic Density: A Heritable Risk Factor for Breast Cancer
    16. Acquired Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer
    17. Aberrant Crypt Foci in Colon Cancer Epidemiology 373
    18. Determinants of Incidence of Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma (PFTC) 387
    19. The Changing Epidemiology of Lung Cancer 397
    20. Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer 413
    21. Epidemiology， Pathology， and Genetics of Prostate Cancer Among African Americans Compared with Other Ethnicities 439
    22. Racial Differences in Clinical Outcome Alter Prostate Cancer Treatment 455
    23. Epidemiology of Stomach Cancer 467