Screen LibraryTumor prevention and genetics III
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Recent results in cancer research ; 166 |
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| Carrier Form: | 334 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 3540222286 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | R730 |
| CLC: | R730.1-532 |
| Call Number: | R730.1-532/I613/2004 |
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"This volume contains the majority of the invited keynote lectures presented by experts at the Third International Conference on Controversies in Tumor Prevention and Genetics on 12-14 February 2004 in St. Gallen, Switzerland"--Jacket. Includes bibliographical references. Lifestyle and medical approaches to cancer prevention / Peter Greenwald -- Application of genetics to the prevention of colorectal cancer / John L. Hopper -- Genetics and prevention of oesophageal adenocarcinoma / Rebecca C. Fitzgerald -- Preclinical models relevant to diet, exercise, and cancer risk / R. James Barnard, William J. Aronson -- Individualizing interventions for cancer prevention / Michael Pollak -- Can animal models help us select specific compounds for cancer prevention trials? / Ernest T. Hawk ... [et al.] -- Problems with using biomarkers as surrogate end points for cancer: a cautionary tale / Arthur Schatzkin -- Can a marker be a surrogate for development of cancer, and would we know it if it exists? / William B. Armstron, Thomas H. Taylor, Frank L. Meyskens -- How should we move the field of chemopreventive agent development forward in a productive manner? / Frank Louis Meyskens, Eva Szabo -- The problem with risk selection: scientific and psychosocial aspects / Anne-Renaee Hartman -- Chemoprevention of lung cancer / Staephane Vignot ... [et al.] -- Anti-nicotine vaccination: where are we? / T. Cerny -- Primary prevention of colorectal cancer: lifestyle, nutrition, exercise / Maraia Elena Martainez -- Chemoprevention of colorectal cancer: ready for routine use? / Nadir Arber, Bernard Levin -- Screening of colorectal cancer: progress and problems / Sidney J. Winawer -- The role of endogenous hormones in the etiology and prevention of breast cancer: the epidemiological evidence / Paola Muti -- Innovative agents in cancer prevention / Margaret M. Manson ... [et al.] -- The IARC commitment to cancer prevention: the example of papillomavirus and cervical cancer / Silvia Franceschi -- Health economics in the genomic age / Thomas D. Szucs -- Screening for cancer: are resources being used wisely? / Robert M. Kaplan. |