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Fundamentals of cancer prevention
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Fundamentals of cancer prevention

Author: David S Alberts; Lisa M Hess
Publisher: Berlin Heidelberg Springer 2008
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2. edView all editions and formats
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Written as a collaborative work by scientists at the Arizona Cancer Center in the United States, this authoritative work provides non-specialists with a detailed review of the current status of  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Aufsatzsammlung
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David S Alberts; Lisa M Hess
ISBN: 9783540689850 3540689850
OCLC Number: 299145628
Notes: Literaturangaben
Description: XX, 535 S. graph. Darst. 24 cm
Contents: Introduction.- 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 chemoprevention.- Cervical cancer prevention.- Ovarian cancer prevention.- Endometrial Cancer Prevention.- Cancer survivorship.
Responsibility: David S. Alberts ; Lisa M. Hess
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From the reviews of the second edition: "The book looks at the prevalence and the evidence of cancer prevention to make an objective scientific assessment of the problem. ! This is a reference for Read more...

 
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