Introduction. Every year there is an increase in the number of cases and deaths due to the
majority of cancers. Currently, these diseases constitute the second cause of death in …

Primary prevention is of priority in cancer control. This primarily applies to malignant
neoplasms whose direct cause is smoking. Modifications in nutrition by consuming more …

Over 70% of human cancers are associated with lifestyle and about half of cancer deaths
could be prevented by relatively simple individual actions: no smoking, moderate …

Introduction. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and is the second
cancer frequently occurring worldwide of newly-diagnosed cancers. There is much evidence …

Cancer imposes a heavy societal burden worldwide, in terms of both epidemiology and
costs. The introduction of more sophisticated imaging and diagnostic techniques and …

The aim of this study was to assess the overall progress against cancer in Austria by
analysing changes in age-adjusted mortality rates from 1970 to 1996. For the years 1970 to …

Schottenfeld and Fraumeni Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, now in fourth edition
(Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention 4), has been the 'go to'text for cancer epidemiology …

Abstract The European Code Against Cancer is a set of recommendations to give advice on
cancer prevention. Its 4th edition is an update of the 3rd edition, from 2003. Working Groups …

Cancer rates continue to rise in many regions of the world and mortality from overall cancer
has only mildly changed in recent years (Parkin et al., 2002; Kamangar et al., 2006) …

Cancer is now emerging as a major public health problem throughout the World. Each year
it is estimated to affect at least nine million people and kill five million. At present, it accounts …