| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 251 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Recent results in cancer research, 0080-0015 ; 181 |
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Recent results in cancer research ; 181. 0080-0015
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| Contents |
Part I: Cancer prevention and health politics. Do we make optimal use of the potential of cancer prevention? / Peter Greenwald and Barbara K. Dunn ; Predictors of successful cancer prevention programs / Franz Porzsolt, Anita Kirner, and Robert M. Kaplan ; Cancer prevention in the developing world : mission impossible? / Franco Cavalli ; Is cancer prevention ever going to be profitable? / Thomas D. Szucs and Konstantin J. Dedes -- Part II: Cancer prevention : the scientific-epidemiological base. Energy metabolism, cancer risk, and cancer prevention / Michael Pollak ; Promises and limitations of biomarkers / David F. Ransohoff -- Part III: Cancer prevention, tobacco and nutrition. The EPIC study : an update / Paolo Vineis and Elio Riboli ; Anti-angiogenic properties of chemopreventive drugs : fenretinide as a prototype / Ilaria Sogno, Roberta Venè, Cristina Sapienza, Nicoletta Ferrari, Francesca Tosetti, and Adriana Albini ; Retinoids and breast cancer prevention / Bernardo Bonanni and Matteo Lazzeroni -- Part IV: Cancer prevention, genetics and vaccines. Cancer prevention by vaccination against Hepatitis B / Mei-Hwei Chang -- Part V: Cancer prevention and target organs I : breast cancer. Energy restriction for breast cancer prevention / Anthony Howell, Mary Chapman, and Michelle Harvie ; The use of tamoxifen and raloxifene for the prevention of breast cancer / D. Lawrence Wickerham, Joseph P. Costantino, Victor G. Vogel, Walter M. Cronin, Reena S. Cecchini, Leslie G. Ford, and Norman Wolmark ; Prevention of ER-negative breast cancer / Yuxin Li and Powel H. Brown ; Exogenous and endogenous hormones, mammographic density and breast cancer risk : can mammographic density be considered an intermediate marker of risk? / Susen Becker and Rudolf Kaaks -- Part VI: Cancer prevention and target organs II : cancer of the digestive tract. Chemoprevention of oesophageal cancer and the AspECT trial / Debasish Das, Andrew P. Chilton, and Janusz A. Jankowski -- Part VII: Cancer prevention and target organs III : prostate cancer. Review of diagnostic markers for prostate cancer / Fritz H. Schröder ; Selenium and Vitamin E cancer prevention trial : a nutrient approach to prostate cancer prevention / Barbara K. Dunn, Anne Ryan, and Leslie G. Ford ; Prostate cancer prevention by short-term anti-androgens : the rationale behind design of pilot studies / Tim Oliver, Attila Lorincz, and Jack Cuzick -- Part VIII: Cancer prevention : metabolic aspects. Anti-angiogenic activity of a novel class of chemopreventive compounds : oleanic acid terpenoids / Ilaria Sogno, Nicola Vannini, Girieca Lorusso, Rosaria Cammarota, Douglas M. Noonan, Luca Generoso, Michael B. Sporn, and Adriana Albini -- Part IX: Aspirin and NSAIDs in cancer prevention : attempts at an international consensus. Pharmacologic effects of NSAIDs and implications for the risks and benefits of long-term prophylactic use of aspirin to prevent cancer / Michael J. Thun and Bonny Blackard ; Aspirin and NSAIDs for the prevention of colorectal cancer / John A. Baron ; Aspirin and cancer risk : a summary review to 2007 / Cristina Bosetti, Silvano Gallus, and Carlo La Vecchia |
| Summary |
Contains the majority of the invited contributions of the Fifth International Conference on Cancer Prevention, held 6-8 March 2008 at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland. This title covers developments in molecular biology and cancer genetics, regarding the upsurging, but controversial, field of primary prevention, especially chemoprevention |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Prevention -- Congresses
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Cancer -- Genetic aspects -- Congresses
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Chemoprevention.
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Neoplasms -- prevention & control
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Chemoprevention
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Neoplasms -- genetics
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MEDICAL -- Oncology.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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Cancer -- Genetic aspects.
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Neoplasms -- prevention & control.
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Chemoprevention.
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Neoplasms -- genetics.
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Cancer -- Prevention.
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Chemoprevention
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Cancer -- Genetic aspects
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Cancer -- Prevention
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Senn, Hansjörg.
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Kapp, U. (Ursula)
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Otto, Florian.
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| ISBN |
9783540692966 |
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3540692967 |
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9783540692973 |
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3540692975 |
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