HPV and Other Infectious Agents in Cancer - Opportunities for Prevention and Public Health (Hardcover, New)

After considering the aging population in developed countries, it has become clear to physicians and public policy administrators that prevention of cancer must play a more important role in national anti-cancer policy than it has in the past. The recent introduction of an HPV vaccine, coupled with discoveries concerning the relationship of H. pylori and cancer has brought the role of infectious agents in cancer into sharp focus in the medical community. While interest in the subject has grown, no single source existed to bring clinicians up-to-date on developments in disease mechanisms, population-based risk assessment and policy considerations in the field of cancer prevention. In this current and comprehensive text the authors review the basic science and clinical implications of individual infectious agents, while going beyond a mere update of the literature to offer insights on the current emerging prevention possibilities. This prevention perspective is what makes this particular text so valuable to researchers, epidemiologists, health care policy makers and oncologists. The discussion is organized to highlight the vital role of primary cancer prevention, and suggest directions for future research, practice and policy.
Since HPV continues to be at the center of interest in the arena of infectious agents and cancer, the authors frame the majority of their discussion on this now-famous virus. The sheer volume of literature related to this virus and its many related cancers, and the burgeoning research on the development and implementation of a prophylactic vaccine necessitates a much fuller review of this infectious agent. Therefore, the book is roughly divided into two equal parts: one part devoted to HPV and another part devoted to five other prominent infectious agents in cancer.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2010
First published:	April 2010
Authors:	Hans Krueger • Gavin Stuart (Gynecologic Oncologist, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine) • Richard Gallagher (Head of the Cancer Control Research Program and Clinical Professor in the School of Population and Public Health) • Dan Williams (Research Associate) • Jon Kerner (Chair, Primary Prevention Action Group and Sr. Scientific Advisor for Cancer Control and Knowledge Translation)
Dimensions:	241 x 165 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	560
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-973291-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-973291-4
Barcode:	9780199732913

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