Approaches to Breast Cancer Prevention (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)

This book is a logical companion volume to Women at High Risk to Breast Cancer (Kluwer, 1989) edited by me previously. It distinguishes two aspects of current ap proaches to clinical breast cancer prevention. The first is the need to advise individ ual women on how they might reduce their personal risk, while the second is the design of measures aimed at reducing the total incidence of breast cancer in the community. While the former is a problem faced daily by clinicians, the latter is a goal which will involve large scale, carefully planned interventional studies. Because knowledge of the risk factors for breast cancer is incomplete and clinical trial reports are scarce, there is as yet, no scientifically-based model for personal breast cancer prevention. Nevertheless, widespread publicity associated with breast screening programmes has created a large group of highly anxious women who have been informed that they are at higher than average risk to the disease. They are con cerned by the personal threat posed by a family history of the disease and by the al leged dangers of obesity, diet, alcohol, or the use of hormonal agents such as oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy."

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Developments in Oncology, 62
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	1991
Editors:	B.A. Stoll
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	245
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
ISBN-13:	978-9401056649
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Epidemiology & medical statistics Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General Promotions
LSN:	9401056641
Barcode:	9789401056649

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