Screen LibraryFundamentals of cancer prevention
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
| Published: |
Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin London |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68986-7 |
| Carrier Form: | xx, 535 p.: |
| ISBN: |
9783540689867 (electronic bk.) 3540689869 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | R730 |
| CLC: | R730.1 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction to cancer prevention -- Assessing human and economic benefits of cancer prevention -- The role of diet, physical activity and body composition in cancer prevention -- Innate and adaptive immune responses to cancer -- Hereditary risk for cancer -- Human categories and health : the power of the concept of ethnicity -- Complementary and alternative approaches to cancer prevention -- Telemedicine in cancer prevention -- The drug development process -- Developing topical prodrugs for skin cancer prevention -- Skin cancer prevention -- Colorectal cancer prevention -- Lung cancer prevention -- Breast cancer prevention -- Prostate cancer prevention -- Cervical cancer prevention -- Ovarian cancer prevention -- Endometrial cancer prevention -- Cancer survivorship. |