Cancer Incidence and Mortality in England and Wales - Anthony Swerdlow, Isabel Dos Santos Silva, Richard Doll

Cancer Incidence and Mortality in England and Wales

Trends and Risk Factors
Buch | Hardcover
304 Seiten
2001
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-262748-3 (ISBN)
155,85 inkl. MwSt
Cancer causes a quarter of all deaths in England and Wales. This book provides data on cancer trends in the country since 1868. Data is presented with figures and tables describing long-term trends in more than 50 factors that may affect the risk of cancer, including AIDS, asbestos exposure, cancer screening, childbearing, diet smoking and more.
Cancer causes a quarter of all deaths in England and Wales. There is great professional and public interest in cancer trends, but no satisfactory source to which to turn to find information about these trends and explanation of them. It is even more difficult to know where to turn for information on trends in factors causing cancer. This book presents new analyses that bring together for the first time, data on cancer trends in the country since 1868. Detailed consideration is given to the reasons for changes in rates of cancer, in relation to a wide range of risk factors and preventive factors. Data are presented with figures and tables describing long-term trends in more than 50 factors that may affect the risk of cancer, including AIDS, asbestos exposure, cancer screening, childbearing, diet smoking and ultraviolet radiation. Particular attention is given to trends in recent decades, but historical trends are also considered. The book provides a comprehensive unparalleled source of data that are otherwise hard or impossible to find elsewhere and gives new analyses of cancer trends, in easily accessible form, with clear explanation.

Professor Anthony Swerdlow has worked in epidemiology for over 20 years; his research has concentrated mainly on the epidemiology of cancer, but he has also published research on other chronic diseases including type 1 diabetes and CJD. He is presently Professor of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Sir Richard Doll is one of the world's foremost cancer epidemiologists. Dr Isabel Dos Santos Silva is clinical senior lecturer at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Following her medical schooling in Lisbon, she trained and worked as an epidemiologist in London. Her main areas of research are epidemiology of cancer and other chronic diseases. Sir Richard Doll is one of the world's foremost cancer epidemiologists.

Preface ; Introduction ; History ; Materials and methods ; Issues to consider in interpretation of trends ; Trends in factors that may cause or prevent cancer ; Cancer trends ; References ; Appendices

Erscheint lt. Verlag 29.3.2001
Zusatzinfo numerous graphs and tables
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 194 x 254 mm
Gewicht 717 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitswesen
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Onkologie
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
ISBN-10 0-19-262748-1 / 0192627481
ISBN-13 978-0-19-262748-3 / 9780192627483
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