Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention

ISBN: 9780190238667 出版年：2017 页码：1,329 Oxford University Press

"The definitive reference for budding and experienced cancer epidemiologists alike." -American Journal of Epidemiology "Practitioners in epidemiology and oncology will find immense value in this." -JAMA Now revised for the first time in more than a decade, this fourth edition of CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION provides a comprehensive summary of the global patterns of cancer incidence and mortality, current understanding of the major causal determinants, and a rationale for preventive interventions. Special attention is paid to molecular epidemiologic approaches that address the wider role of genetic predisposition and gene-environment interactions in cancer etiology and pathogenesis. For both seasoned professionals and newer generations of students and researchers, this fourth edition of CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION remains the authoritative reference textbook in the field -- a work of distinction that every lab, library, student, professional, or researcher should have close at hand.