Main description:

A Quick Guide to Cancer Epidemiology is an ideal addition to Springer Briefs in Cancer Research. The Brief provides core concepts in cancer epidemiology and also gives a snapshot of the epidemiology of seventeen human cancers. The Brief aims to provide-with quantitative focus-estimates of the global burden of neoplasms, of recent and likely future trends, distribution, causes and strategies for prevention for major groups of cancers. Finally, the Brief will give an overview of severals factors that cause cancer including dietary factors, tobacco smoking, obesity and alcohol consumption.

Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Principles of primary and secondary cancer prevention
2.1 Primary prevention
2.2 Secondary prevention
3. The global burden of neoplasms
4. Distribution, causes and prevention of individual neoplasms
4.1 Cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx
4.2 Cancer of oesophagus
4.3 Cancer of the stomach
4.4 Cancer of the intestine
4.5 Cancer of the liver and biliary tract
4.6 Cancer of the pancreas
4.7 Cancer of the respiratory tract
4.8 Neoplasms of the bone and soft tissues
4.9 Cancer of the skin
4.10 Cancer of the breast
4.11 Cancer of the female genital organs
4.12 Cancer of the male genital organs
4.13 Cancer of the urinary organs
4.14 Cancer of the nervous organs
4.15 Cancer of the endocrine glands
4.16 Neoplasms of the lymphatic and haematopoietic organs
4.17 Childhood and adolescence cancers
5. Overview of the causes of human cancer
5.1 Tobacco smoking
5.2 Dietary factors
5.3 Obesity and physical exercise
5.4 Alcohol drinking
5.5 Infectious agents
5.6 Occupational and pollution
5.7 Reproductive factors and exogenous hormones
5.8 Perinatal and growth factors
5.9 Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation
5.10 Medical procedures and drugs
5.11 Genetic factors
6. Conclusions
7. References