CANCER PREVENTION AND SCREENING: CONCEPTS, PRINCIPLES AND CONTROVERSIES

1 Global perspectives surrounding cancer prevention and screening 1
2 Public health perspectives surrounding cancer prevention and screening: The Ontario edition 19
3 Cancer screening: A general perspective 31
4 The balance of cancer screening risks and benefits 41
5 Cancer screening issues in black and ethnic minority populations 51
6 Public awareness of cancer screening 57
7 Public understanding of cancer prevention 69
8 Cervical cancer screening: An exemplar of a population screening programme and cervical cancer prevention 81
9 Prevention of and screening for anal cancer 101
10 The prevention of breast cancer 111
11 Breast cancer: Population and targeted screening 129
12 Prostate cancer prevention 145
13 Population screening for prostate cancer 171
14 Colon cancer prevention 183
15 Colon cancer screening 203
16 Lung cancer prevention 217
17 Lung cancer screening 237
18 Mesothelioma: Screening in the modern age 257
19 Skin cancer prevention and screening 275
20 Screening and prevention of oral cancer 295
21 Oesophageal cancer 309
22 Hepatocellular carcinoma: Prevention and screening 317
23 Ovarian cancer prevention and screening 331
24 Screening for testicular cancer 349
25 Issues in paediatric cancers 361
26 Obesity and dietary approaches to cancer prevention 381
27 Risk profiling for cancer prevention and screening – lessons for the future 403
28 Cancer prevention and screening: Advances to carry forward 417
Index 425

Cancer Prevention and Screening offers physicians and all clinical healthcare professionals a comprehensive, useful source of the latest information on cancer screening and prevention with both a global and a multidisciplinary perspective.
• Includes background information on epidemiology, cancer prevention, and cancer screening, for quick reference
• Offers the latest information for clinical application of the most recent techniques in prevention and screening of all major and many lesser cancer types
• Emphasises the importance of multidisciplinary teamwork in cancer screening
• Highlights frequent dilemmas and difficulties encountered during cancer screening
• Provides clear-cut clinical strategies for optimal patient education, communication, and compliance with cancer prevention techniques

Authors
• ROSALIND A. EELES, MA (Cantab), PhD, FRCP, FRCR, FMedSCI is Professor of Oncogenetics and Team Leader in Oncogenetics at The Institute of Cancer Research and an Honorary Consultant in Cancer Genetics and Clinical Oncology at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
• CHRISTINE D. BERG, MD is Special Advisor to the Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Maryland, USA
• JEFFREY S. TOBIAS, MA (Cantab), MD, FRCP, FRCR is Professor of Cancer Medicine at the Department of Oncology, University College London, and Honorary Consultant at University College Hospital Foundation Trust, London, UK