Research Catalog

Title

Tumor prevention and genetics III / H.-J. Senn, R. Morant (eds.).

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Senn, Hansjörg.
• Morant, R. (Rudolf), 1951-
• International Conference on Controversies in Tumor Prevention and Genetics (3rd : 2004 : Saint Gall, Switzerland)

Description

vi, 334 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Recent results in cancer research ; 166

Uniform Title

Recent results in cancer research ; 166.

Alternative Title

• Tumor prevention and genetics 3
• Tumor prevention and genetics three

Subjects

• Cancer > Chemoprevention > Congresses
• Chemoprevention
• Neoplasms > prevention & control
• Neoplasms > genetics
• Cancer > Prevention > Congresses
• Cancer > Genetic aspects > Congresses
• Congress

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "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.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

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-Renée Hartman -- Chemoprevention of lung cancer / Stéphane Vignot ... [et al.] -- Anti-nicotine vaccination: where are we? / T. Cerny -- Primary prevention of colorectal cancer: lifestyle, nutrition, exercise / María Elena Martínez -- 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.

ISBN

3540222286 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004110715

OCLC

• ocm57333303
• SCSB-5166403

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries