Textbook of Cancer Epidemiology

This text gives a systematic account of what is currently known about the epidemiology and primary prevention for most forms of human cancer. Part 1 provides an introduction to basic concepts in epidemiology, a description of the global burden of cancer, definitions and characterisations of the various measures used, and approaches used to reveal genetic determinants of cancer risk and integrate biologic markers in the epidemiologic research process. Part 2 contains chapters of uniform structure on over 20 types of cancer, providing clinical and pathological outlines, descriptive epidemiology, and a comprehensive account of risk factors and their etiological importance. Specific sections address somatic and germ cell mutations that play a role in the occurrence of particular forms of cancer.

Part I. Background
1: Brian MacMahon: Accomplishments in Cancer Epidemiology
2: Pagona Lagiou, Johanna Adami, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos: Measures and Estimates of Cancer Burden
3: Jeffrey Ecsedy and David Hunter: The Origin of Cancer
4: Christopher Haiman and David Hunter: Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer
5: Paolo Boffetta and Dimitrios Trichopoulos: Biomarkers in Cancer Epidemiology
6: Pagona Lagiou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, and Hans-Olov Adami: Concepts in Cancer Epidemiology and Etiology
Part II. Cancer Epidemiology by Site-Specific Cancers
7: Paul Brennan, Lorelei Mucci, and Hans-Olov Adami: Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer
8: Ellen Chang and Hans-Olov Adami: Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
9: Olof Nyrén and Hans-Olov Adami: Esophageal Cancer
10: Olof Nyrén and Hans-Olov Adami: Stomach Cancer
11: John D. Potter and David Hunter: Colorectal Cancer
12: Sherri Stuver and Dimitrios Trichopoulos: Cancer of the Liver and Biliary Tract
13: Anders Ekbom and Dimitrios Trichopoulos: Pancreatic Cancer
14: Cancer of the Lung, Larynx, and Pleura
15: Adele Green, Jolieke van der Pols, and David Hunter: Skin Cancer
16: Susan Harkinson, Rulla Tamimi, and David Hunter: Breast Cancer
17: Nathalie Ylitalo, Sherri Stuver, and Hans-Olov Adami: Cervical Cancer
18: Immaculata DeVivo, Ingemar Persson, and Hans-Olov Adami: Endometrial Cancer
19: Penelope Webb, Dorota Gertig, and David Hunter: Ovarian Cancer
20: Lorelei A. Mucci, Lisa B. Signorello, and Hans-Olov Adami: Prostate Cancer
21: Lorenzo Richiardi, Rulla Tamini, and Hans-Olov Adami: Testicular Cancer
22: Manolis Kogevinas, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos: Urinary Bladder Cancer
23: Eunyoung Cho, Per Lindblad, and Hans-Olov Adami: Kidney Cancer
24: David A. Savitz and Dimitrios Trichopoulos: Brain Cancer
25: Per Hall and Hans-Olov Adami: Thyroid Cancer
26: Mads Melbye, Henrik Hjalgrim, and Hans-Olov Adami: Hodgkin Lymphoma
27: Mads Melbye, Karin Ekström Smedby, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
28: Eleni Petridou, Apostolos Pourtsidis, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos: Leukemias