Cancer Risk Assessment offers practical approaches to determine cancer risk in individuals, groups of exposed persons, and the general public in relation to individual genetic and acquired susceptibilities.

Features:

• Provides a solid background in carcinogenesis and molecular epidemiology to examine the risks of suspected carcinogenic agents and critically evaluate published studies on these compounds
• Studies the role of genetics and gene-environment interactions in cancer risk
• Analyzes genetic tests for persons with cancer and data that can be gleaned from the study of tumors
• Reviews how agencies decide which carcinogenic agents should be considered as human carcinogens for regulatory purposes
• Discusses how cancer is inherited and which genes may cause cancer in families
• Describes differences in cancer risks and rates among racial and ethnic groups
• Examines the latest molecular and epidemiological data concerning breast, gynecological, liver, brain, and prostate cancers

Contents

• Carcinogenesis and Molecular Genetics
• Cancer Epidemiology
• Chemical Causes of Cancer
• Viral Causes of Cancer
• Radiation Causes of Cancer
• Occupational Cancers
• Tobacco and Alcohol
• Hormones and Cancer
• Genetic Predisposition for Family Cancer Syndromes
• Cancer in Minority Populations
• Epidemiological Approaches to Studying Cancer I
• Epidemiological Approaches to Studying Cancer II
• Methods For Genetic Testing I
• Methods For Genetic Testing II
• Standards for Clinical Pathology Laboratories
• Quantification of Occupational and Environmental Exposures in Epidemiological Studies
• Cancer Risk Assessment I
• Cancer Risk Assessment II
• Cancer Susceptibility Genes and Common Gene Variants that Increase Cancer Risk

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