Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention. Third Edition: Edited by David Schottenfeld and Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr.

Abstract

The third edition of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention meets the high expectations of readers of the first two editions. Editors David Schottenfeld and Joseph Fraumeni have not rested on their laurels. They have assembled three new associate editors—Graham Colditz, Jonathan Samet, and Alice Whittemore—and a host of new contributing authors for many of the chapters. These new contributors have brought fresh insights and updates to the book, reflecting substantial accrual of knowledge during the decade spanning editions 2 and 3. Despite new content, the coherent organizational format of the previous edition has been maintained: five sections beginning with basic concepts of cancer epidemiology and carcinogenesis followed by the magnitude of cancer, the causes of cancer, cancer by tissue of origin, and cancer prevention and control.