Causes And Control Of Colorectal Cancer: A Model For Cancer Prevention (developments In Oncology)

__Causes and Control of Colorectal Cancer: A Model for Cancer Prevention__ is a ground- breaking monograph which takes a global, multidisciplinary approach to the causes, carcinogenesis and control of colorectal cancer. Over 1000 key studies were analyzed on colorectal cancer cause, carcinogenesis, primary prevention, early detection using modern screening techniques, and surveillance after tumor excision. All major research results are included up to the date of publication. The key chapters include those on morphology, molecular biology and evolution of tumors, etiology chapters on heredity, diet, alcohol, smoking, physical activity, life stress and others, while major chapters in the area of colorectal cancer control are on primary prevention, early detection by screening and surveillance, and post-tumor excision surveillance. Important recommendations on primary prevention, screening and surveillance of colorectal tumors are made in keeping with the most current research data. __Causes and Control of Colorectal Cancer: A Model for Cancer Prevention__ takes colorectal cancer control into the 21st century, and suggests this to be the first cancer in which control will be largely achieved within the next generation, as a result of the unprecedented multidisciplinary research into causation, primary prevention, screening and surveillance over the past 30 years. The book also serves as a model for the control of other common malignancies, particularly cancers of the breast and prostate, the causes and prevention of which are less well understood. Causes and Control of Colorectal Cancer: A Model for Cancer Prevention is a ground- breaking monograph which takes a global, multidisciplinary approach to the causes, carcinogenesis and control of colorectal cancer. Over 1000 key studies were analyzed on colorectal cancer cause, carcinogenesis, primary prevention, early detection using modern screening techniques, and surveillance after tumor excision. All major research results are included up to the date of publication.
The key chapters include those on morphology, molecular biology and evolution of tumors, etiology chapters on heredity, diet, alcohol, smoking, physical activity, life stress and others, while major chapters in the area of colorectal cancer control are on primary prevention, early detection by screening and surveillance, and post-tumor excision surveillance. Important recommendations on primary prevention, screening and surveillance of colorectal tumors are made in keeping with the most current research data.
Causes and Control of Colorectal Cancer: A Model for Cancer Prevention takes colorectal cancer control into the 21st century, and suggests this to be the first cancer in which control will be largely achieved within the next generation, as a result of the unprecedented multidisciplinary research into causation, primary prevention, screening and surveillance over the past 30 years. The book also serves as a model for the control of other common malignancies, particularly cancers of the breast and prostate, the causes and prevention of which are less well understood.

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Principles of Cancer Causation....Pages 1-12 Basic Structure and Function of the Large Bowel....Pages 13-16 Molecular Evolution of Colorectal Neoplasms....Pages 17-28 Morphology of Colorectal Neoplasia....Pages 29-46 Heredity....Pages 47-68 Diet....Pages 69-115 Alcohol Consumption....Pages 117-138 Smoking....Pages 139-154 Physical Activity....Pages 155-164 Cholecystectomy and Cholelithiasis....Pages 165-178 Bowel Habit — Constipation, Diarrhea and Laxative Use....Pages 179-190 Number of Children, Age At First Birth, Hormones....Pages 191-204 Asbestos and other Occupational Exposures....Pages 205-212 Radiation....Pages 213-215 Personality Factors and Life Stresses....Pages 217-228 Religion and Religiousness....Pages 229-234 Causes of Colorectal Neoplasia a Model of Cancer Etiology....Pages 235-243 Primary Prevention of Colorectal Tumors....Pages 245-278 Principles of Cancer Screening and Surveillance....Pages 279-286 Screening for Colorectal Tumors....Pages 287-334 Surveillance after Colorectal Tumor Excision....Pages 335-346 Control of Colorectal Cancer Future Directions....Pages 347-361 Back Matter....Pages 363-375