The Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine wanted to address the link between environmental factors and the development of cancer in light of recent advances in genomics. They asked what research tools are needed, how new scientific information can be applied in a timely manner to reduce the burden of cancer, and how this can be flexible enough to treat the individual. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1. Charge to Participants and Workshop Objectives 2. Keynote Addresses 3. The Links between Environmental Factors, Genetics, and the Development of Cancer 4. Gene-Environment Interaction in Special Populations 5. Gene-Environment Interaction in Site-specific Cancers 6. Special Address: A Novel Approach to Cancer Treatment Based on Immune Stimulations and Other Environmental Approaches 7. Cancer and the Environment: A View from the Hill 8. Moving Forward Abstracts of Talks References Appendix A Glossary Appendix B Workshop Agenda Appendix C Speakers and Panelists Appendix D Workshop Participants

This is a summary of the workshop Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment: A New Vision of Environmental Health for the 21st Century. The goal of this workshop was to emphasize the connection between human health and the natural, built, and social environments. This workshop integrated talks from many fields and created a dialogue among various environmental health stakeholders. The language presented in this respect should not be viewed as an endorsement by the Environmental Health Sciences Roundtable or the Institute of Medicine of what action is needed for the future, but rather as an effort to synthesize the various perspectives presented. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Keynote Address 3 Human Health and the Natural Environment 4 Human Health and the "Built" Environment 5 Human Health and the Social Environment 6 Toward an Integrative Approach to Environmental Health References Abstracts of Talks APPENDIX A Workshop Agenda APPENDIX B Speakers and Panelists APPENDIX C Workshop Participants