Textbook of Cancer Epidemiology

Hans-Olov Adami, MD, Professor of Cancer Epidemiology and former Chairman of the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet and Professor of Epidemiology and former Chairman of the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is currently Professor at the University of Oslo's Clinical Effectiveness Research Group.David J. Hunter, MBBS, is the Richard Doll Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at the University of Oxford and the Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention Emeritus at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.Pagona Lagiou, MD, is Professor of Hygiene and Epidemiology at the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, US.Lorelei Mucci, ScD, is Associate Professor of Cancer Epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Leader of Cancer Epidemiology, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.

• Dedication Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition About the Editors Contributors Part I 1. Accomplishments in Cancer EpidemiologyBrian MacMahon 2. Measures and estimates of cancer burdenPaolo Boffetta, Dana Hashim, and Pagona Lagiou 3. The Origins of CancerJeffrey Ecsedy and David J. Hunter 4. Genetic Epidemiology of CancerChristopher Haiman and David J. Hunter 5. Biomarkers in Cancer EpidemiologyPaolo Boffetta and Lorelei Mucci 6. Concepts in Cancer Epidemiology and Etiology Pagona Lagiou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, and Lorelei Mucci Part II 7. Oral and Pharyngeal CancerJennifer Rider, Paul Brennan, and Pagona Lagiou 8. Nasopharyngeal carcinomaEllen T. Chang and Hans-Olov Adami 9. Esophageal CancerChristian C. Abnet, Olof Nyrén, and Hans-Olov Adami 10. Stomach CancerWemin Ye, Olof Nyrén, and Hans-Olov Adami 11. Colorectal CancerNana Keum, Kana Wu, Edward Giovannucci, and David J. Hunter 12. Cancer of the Liver and Biliary TractChristina Bamia, Sherri Stuver, and Lorelei Mucci 13. Pancreatic CancerVassiliki Benetou, Anders Ekbom, and Lorelei Mucci 14. Cancer of the Lung, Larynx, and PleuraJyoti Malhotra, Paolo Boffetta, and Lorelei Mucci 15. Skin CancerAdèle Green, Catherine Olsen, and David J. Hunter 16. Breast CancerRulla Tamimi, Susan Hankinson, and Pagona Lagiou 17. Cervical CancerKarin Sundström, Joakim Dillner, and Hans-Olov Adami 18. Endometrial CancerMarta Crous-Bou, Immaculata De Vivo, and Pagona Lagiou 19. Ovarian CancerPenelope Webb, Susan Jordan, and David J. Hunter 20. Prostate CancerKathryn M. Wilson and Lorelei Mucci 21. Testicular CancerLorenzo Richiardi, Giovenale Moirano, and Pagona Lagiou 22. Urinary Bladder CancerJonine Figueroa, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Manolis Kogevinas, and Lorelei Mucci 23. Kidney CancerXuehong Zhang, Eunyoung Cho, and Hans-Olov Adami 24. Brain CancerDominique Michaud, David Savitz, and Lorelei Mucci 25. Thyroid CancerCarlo La Vecchia, Cristina Bosetti,and Hans-Olov Adami 26. Hodgkin LymphomaHenrik Hjalgrim, Mads Melbye, and Pagona Lagiou 27. Non-Hodgkin LymphomaKarin Ekström Smedby, Mads Melbye, and Hans-Olov Adami 28. LeukemiasEve Roman, Alexandra Smith, and Lorelei Mucci Epilogue Index