Foreword
- Cancer epidemiology
- Types of prevention: basic concepts
- Methodology in cancer prevention
- Cancer risk factors and preventive measures, including
- Obesity and exercising
- Hormones
- Environment-related factors
- Viral agents: Hepatitis B and hepatocellular carcinoma
- Viral agents: human papillomavirus
- Cigarette smoking and smoking cessation
- Alcohol
- Nutrition
- Work-related risk factors
- Drug-related cancers
- Radiation
- Role of prevention and early detection, including:
- Breast cancer: chemoprevention and screening
- Cervical cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Lung cancer
- Hereditary cancer syndromes: general principles on the role of prevention and screening
- Hereditary cancer syndromes: role of prevention and screening
- Recommendations
Dirk Schrijvers
AZ Middleheim, Antwerp, Belgium
Hans-Jorg Senn
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Hakan Mellstedt
Cancer Center Karolinska, Stockholm, Sweden
Branko Zakotnik
Institute of Oncology, Lubljana, Slovenia
