Description: Thomas M. Mack is an internationally renowned researcher specialized in the life style factors related to the development of cancer. He is founder of International Twin Registry, a continent-wide series of comparisons between patients with chronic diseases and their unaffected twins; and California Twin Program, an analogous program of studies among twins who differ in lifestyle or personal exposures and experiences. 1. What Cancers Are 2. Environmental and Other Causes of Cancer 3. Resources Used to Detect Local Increases in Risk 4. Methods Used to Detect Local Increases in Risk 5. Errors Due to Chance 6. Comparison Between "Apples" and "Oranges" 7. Failure to Detect Local Increases in Risk 8. Investigating a Lead 9. Guide to the Figures 10. Interpretation 11. Scientific and Technical Notes 12. Oropharyngeal Carcinoma 13. Salivary Gland Malignancies 14. Squamous Carcinoma of the Esophagus/Gastric Cardia 15. Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus/Gastric Cardia 16. Adenocarcinoma of the (Lower) Stomach 17. Carcinoma of the Small Intestine 18. Colon Carcinoma, Total (Both Upper and Sigmoid) 19. Carcinoma of the Upper Colon 20. Carcinoma of the Sigmoid Colon 21. Carcinoma of the Rectum 22. Hepatocellular Carcinoma 23. Cholangiocarcinoma 24. Gallbladder Carcinoma 25. Biliary Tract Carcinoma 26. Pancreas Carcinoma 27. Carcinoma of the Nose/Sinuses 28. Carcinoma of the Larynx 29. Lung and Bronchus Carcinoma, Total (All Types) 30. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung and Bronchus 31. Large Cell carcinoma of the Lung and Bronchus 32. Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung and Bronchus 33. Adenocarcinoma of the Lung and Bronchus 34. Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma of the Lung and Bronchus 35. Undifferentiated Carcinoma of the Lung and Bronchus 36. Carcinoma of the Lung and Bronchus, Not Otherwise Classified 37. Mesothelioma 38. Soft Tissue Sarcoma 39. Angiosarcoma 40. Kaposi Sarcoma 41. Osteosarcoma 42. Ewing's Sarcoma 43. Malignant Chordoma 44. Malignant Melanoma 45. Breast Carcinoma 46. Squamous Cervix Carcinoma (Invasive) 47. Endometrial (Uterine Corpus) Carcinoma 48. Epithelial Carcinoma of the Ovary 49. Germ Cell Malignancies 50. Prostate Carcinoma 51. Anogenital Adenocarcinoma 52. Anogenital Squamous Carcinoma 53. Mixed Cell Genital Tumors 54. Transitional Cell (Non-Squamous) Bladder Carcinoma 55. Squamous Bladder Carcinoma 56. Renal Cell Carcinoma 57. Wilms Tumor (Nephroblastoma) 58. Retinoblastoma 59. Brain Malignancies (Gliomas) 60. Spinal Cord Malignancies 61. Neurolemoma (Nerve Sheath Malignancy) 62. Neuroblastoma 63. Malignant Meningioma 64. Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid 65. Follicular Carcinoma of the Thyroid 66. Other Carcinoma of the Thyroid 67. Pituitary Carcinoma 68. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 69. Carcinoma of the Thymus 70. Mixed Cellularity Hodgkin Lymphoma 71. Nodular Sclerosis Hodgkin Lymphoma 72. Other Hodgkin Lymphoma 73. All Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (All Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Types) 74. Follicular Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 75. Diffuse Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 76. Diffuse Small Lymphocytic or Plasmacytic B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 77. Diffuse Mixed B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 78. High-Grade Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 79. T-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 80. Maltoma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 81. Other Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 82. Central Nervous System Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (All Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Types) 83. Stomach Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (All Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Types) 84. Other Gastrointestinal Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (All Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Types) 85. Lymph Node/Other Organ Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (All Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Types) 86. Multiple Myeloma 87. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia 88. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia 89. Hairy Cell Leukemia 90. Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia 91. Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia 92. Other Leukemias 93. All Malignancies of Infants/Toddlers 94. All Malignancies of Older Children 95. All Malignancies of Young Adults 96. All Malignancies of Older Adults 97. All Malignancies 98. Overall Summary
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EAN: 9780128117453
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Book Title: Cancers in the Urban Environment: How Malignant Di
Item Length: 27.6 cm
Number of Pages: 1148 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Cancers in the Urban Environment: How Malignant Diseases Are Caused and Distributed among the Diverse People and Neighborhoods of a Major Global Metropolis
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Publication Year: 2020
Subject: Medicine
Item Height: 276 mm
Item Weight: 2990 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Thomas M. Mack
Item Width: 216 mm
Format: Paperback
