Textbook of Cancer Epidemiology

by David J. Hunter and Hans-Olov Adami

Book Overview

This superb text gives a concise, systematic account of what is currently known about the epidemiology and primary prevention for most forms of human cancer. Early chapters summarize the principles and methods of epidemiology, the biology of cancer, cancer genetics, the emerging potential of biomarkers, and the burden of cancer around the world. Then chapters of uniform structure on over 20 types of cancer provide clinical and pathological outlines,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195109694
• ISBN13: 9780195109696
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 10.1" x 7.2"