ABSTRACT

The assessment of cancer risk is a complex process that requires the examination of etiological agents, real-world environments, and individual rates of exposure. This reference offers practical approaches to determine cancer risk in individuals, groups of exposed persons, and the general public in relation to individual genetic and acquired suscep

chapter 2|22 pages

Epidemiological Approaches to Studying Cancer I

Study Design, Confounding Variables, Misclassification, and Cancer Clusters

chapter 3|22 pages

Epidemiological Approaches to Studying Cancer II

Molecular Epidemiology

chapter 4|16 pages

Methods for Genetic Testing I

Assessing Mutations in Cancers

chapter 5|22 pages

Methods for Genetic Testing II

New Methods for Assessing Acquired DNA Damage in Humans Without Cancer

chapter 6|16 pages

Quantitative Cancer Risk Assessment

chapter 7|22 pages

Cancer Risk Assessment I

How Regulatory Agencies Determine What Is a Carcinogen

chapter 8|12 pages

Cancer Risk Assessment II

Methods for Determining Cancer Etiology: Assessing Risks in Individuals

chapter 9|32 pages

Cancer Epidemiology

chapter 12|26 pages

Viral Causes of Cancer

chapter 14|22 pages

Occupational Cancer

chapter 19|20 pages

Respiratory Tract Cancer

chapter 24|26 pages

Liver Cancer

Risk Factors and Prevention

chapter 27|18 pages

Bladder Cancers