This important new reference book on human cancer provides a global picture of the epidemiology of cancer and its environmental causes. By summarising on a cancer-by-cancer basis geographical, environmental and ethical factors, the volume collates a wealth of information which, taken together, provides valuable insights into the causes of cancer ...
Data obtained by population based cancer registries have a pivotal role in cancer control. Now also available in Spanish and French, this volume, which contains 15 authored chapters and four useful appendices, remains a standard reference for those planning to establish new cancer registries and those keen to adopt recognized methodologies. ...
This series, of which the first two volumes were published by UICC in 1966 and 1970, has since been published by the IARC in collaboration with the International Association of Cancer Registries. It provides compilations of cancer morbidity data supplied, in the present volume, by 105 registries covering 187 populations in 36 countries. As well as ...
The maps in this atlas present age-standardized incident rates by sex for the approximately 220 counties of the former German Democratic Republic. The cancer sites mapped are those for which the numbers are large enough for the geographical variations to be meaningful. In addition to the maps, tables give the data used in compiling the maps, ...
The second revised edition of the standard international coding tool for cancer registration. The 1990 edition, which has been finalized following extensive field testing throughout the world, permits the coding of all neoplasms as malignant, benign, in situ, of uncertain behaviour, or metastatic. As in the previous edition, a separate code for ...
This very original book shows that cancer registries can and should be used in the planning and evaluation of cancer control programs, with particular emphasis on the search for epidemiological risk factors, the provision of screening and early detection, therapy of established disease, and rehabilitation. For epidemiologists, oncologists, and ...
The Clearing-House Directory informs epidemiologists and others interested about current work in the field of cancer epidemiology. Investigators in 71 countries have contributed to the 1986 Directory, which contains 1352 projects. While the USA and the UK are still by far the largest contributors, Europe and China have increased their ...
The 1985 Directory contains 1,230 projects in the field of cancer epidemiology carried out in 80 countries. It provides epidemiologists and others with information about on-going work, facilities contacts between researchers, and helps researchers avoid unnecessary duplication of work. This year the Directory also contains projects in the field of ...
This volume provides compilations of cancer incidence from 142 registries in 46 countries for the years 1983-1987. Age-specific, age-standardized, truncated and cumulative incidence rates are given for all malignant categories of cancer by both sex and population.
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