BookHans-Jörg Senn, Florian Otto, editors.
Summary: The main themes in this volume are the latest advances in the prevention of breast and prostate cancer and the role of infection in the development of liver and gastric cancer. Special emphasis is given to perspectives on the chemoprevention of breast cancer.
Contents:
Allocating Cancer-Directed Expenditures: Tensions Between Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment is Unnecessary
Lessons Learned from Prevention Programs: Different Endpoints Should Be Used in Secondary and Tertiary Prevention
Biomarkers for Early Detection and as Surrogate Endpoints in Cancer Prevention Trials: Issues and Opportunities
Targeting Polyamines and Inflammation for Cancer Prevention
Thinking About the Role (Largely Ignored) of Heavy Metals in Cancer Prevention: Hexavalent Chromium and Melanoma as a Case in Point
Hepatitis B Virus and Cancer Prevention
Chemoprevention of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Chronic Hepatitis C
Nutritional Aspects of Primary Prostate Cancer Prevention
Prostate Cancer Prevention with 5 Alpha-Reductase Inhibitors
Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer
Physical Activity and Breast Cancer: Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence and Biologic Mechanisms
Prevention of Breast Cancer by Newer SERMs in the Future
Chemoprevention of Hormone Receptor-Negative Breast Cancer: New Approaches Needed.