Synopses & Reviews
To mark Sir Richard Doll's retirement and to pay tribute to his distinguished career in epidemiology, a number of his colleagues have reviewed known cancer risks and considered some of the possibilities for prevention, with special reference to smoking. The contributors emphasize recent methodology and the presentation of results. Topics include the geography of cancer; the roles played by diet, occupation, and radiation exposure; exogeous and endogenous hormones; prevention through legislation and education; and a special study of risks and prevention in the Third World. This book will prove both informative and pleasurable to epidemiologists, medical statisticians, cancer researchers, health educators, and general readers.
Table of Contents
1. The Preventability of Cancer, Richard Peto
2. Cancer Geography, Paula Cook
3. Smoking, Nick Wald
4. Diet, Bruce Armstrong and Jim Mann
5. Occupation, Rudolfo Saracci
6. Radiation, Peter Smith
7. Infection and Immunosupression, Leo Kinlen
8. Exogenous Hormones, Martin Vessey
9. Endogenous Hormones, Malcolm Pike
10. Other Drugs, David Skagg
11. Prevention through Legislation, Charles Fletcher and Muir Gray
12. Prevention by Education, Muir Gray and Konrad Jamrozik
13. Cancer Risks and Cancer Prevention in the Third World, Nigel Gray