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Comprehensively addresses all aspects of cancer prevention and survivorship taking a balanced, authoritative and, where possible, evidence-based stance The American Cancer Society's Principles of Oncology: Prevention to Survivorship is a modern textbook covering a range of topics that are key to a multidisciplinary approach to cancer and critical to cancer control. It covers the causes of cancer, prevention and early detection, cancer biology, diagnosis, and staging. A final section discusses symptom management, palliative care, complications, survivorship, and surrounding issues such as fertility and sexuality after cancer, and psychiatric complications. Designed for a wide range of learners and practitioners, this resource places special emphasis on cancer prevention, screening, and follow-up, which are central to the American Cancer Society's worldwide mission on cancer control. Developed by the American Cancer Society, this new textbook covers: descriptive epidemiology; fundamentals of cancer epidemiology; socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality; counseling and testing for inherited predisposition to cancer; microbial, environmental, and occupational carcinogens; screening and early detection; principles and drivers of cancer; imaging in oncology; the pathologic evaluation of neoplastic diseases; radiotherapy; cytotoxic chemotherapy; hormonal therapy; hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; diet, physical activity, and weight control for patients and survivors; clinical trials; geriatric oncology; supportive care; sexuality and fertility; psychiatric issues in cancer patients; survivorship care; and more. Written by a prestigious list of contributors from the U.S. and Europe and edited by a multidisciplinary team of leaders in all aspects of cancer-related healthcare. Focuses on evidence based research and clinical practice throughout Written in an easy-to-understand style by multidisciplinary teams of medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists, other clinical specialists including radiologists and pathologists, primary care clinicians, epidemiologists, cancer biologists, and other cancer professionals, reflecting day-to-day decision-making and clinical practice Can be used as a companion book to The American Cancer Society's Oncology in Practice: Clinical Management The American Cancer Society's Principles of Oncology: Prevention to Survivorship is an ideal resource for a wide range of learners and practitioners seeking a comprehensive understanding of prevention and early detection in the field of oncology.

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Comprehensively addresses all aspects of cancer prevention and survivorship taking a balanced, authoritative and, where possible, evidence-based stance The American Cancer Society's Principles of Oncology: Prevention to Survivorship is a modern textbook covering a range of topics that are key to a multidisciplinary approach to cancer and critical to cancer control. It covers the causes of cancer, prevention and early detection, cancer biology, diagnosis, and staging. A final section discusses symptom management, palliative care, complications, survivorship, and surrounding issues such as fertility and sexuality after cancer, and psychiatric complications. Designed for a wide range of learners and practitioners, this resource places special emphasis on cancer prevention, screening, and follow-up, which are central to the American Cancer Society's worldwide mission on cancer control. Developed by the American Cancer Society, this new textbook covers: descriptive epidemiology; fundamentals of cancer epidemiology; socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality; counseling and testing for inherited predisposition to cancer; microbial, environmental, and occupational carcinogens; screening and early detection; principles and drivers of cancer; imaging in oncology; the pathologic evaluation of neoplastic diseases; radiotherapy; cytotoxic chemotherapy; hormonal therapy; hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; diet, physical activity, and weight control for patients and survivors; clinical trials; geriatric oncology; supportive care; sexuality and fertility; psychiatric issues in cancer patients; survivorship care; and more. Written by a prestigious list of contributors from the U.S. and Europe and edited by a multidisciplinary team of leaders in all aspects of cancer-related healthcare. Focuses on evidence based research and clinical practice throughout Written in an easy-to-understand style by multidisciplinary teams of medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists, other clinical specialists including radiologists and pathologists, primary care clinicians, epidemiologists, cancer biologists, and other cancer professionals, reflecting day-to-day decision-making and clinical practice Can be used as a companion book to The American Cancer Society's Oncology in Practice: Clinical Management The American Cancer Society's Principles of Oncology: Prevention to Survivorship is an ideal resource for a wide range of learners and practitioners seeking a comprehensive understanding of prevention and early detection in the field of oncology.

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Table of Contents

Editorial Board and Reviewers viii List of Contributors ix Introduction xv Section 1 | Cancer Causes, Prevention, and Early Detection 1 1 Descriptive Epidemiology 3
Rebecca L. Siegel, Kimberly D. Miller, and Ahmedin Jemal 2 Fundamentals of Cancer Epidemiology 15
Susan M. Gapstur and Eric J. Jacobs 3 Socioeconomic Inequalities in Cancer Incidence and Mortality 23
Gopal K. Singh and Ahmedin Jemal 4 The Global Burden of Cancer 33
Ahmedin Jemal and Lindsey A. Torre 5 Counseling and Testing for Inherited Predisposition to Cancer 45
Emily Glogowski, Kasmintan A. Schrader, Kelly L. Stratton, and Kenneth Offit 6 Tobacco 58
Thomas J. Glynn, Richard D. Hurt, and J. Lee Westmaas 7 Microbial Carcinogens 72
Edgar P. Simard and Ahmedin Jemal 8 Environmental and Occupational Carcinogens 81
Elizabeth Ward 9 Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention 92
Stacey Fedewa, Rebecca L. Siegel, Colleen Doyle, Marji L. McCullough, and Alpa V. Patel 10 Sun Protection 99
Andrew C. Walls and Martin A. Weinstock 11 Screening and Early Detection 110
Robert A. Smith, Otis W. Brawley, and Richard C. Wender Section 2 | Cancer Biology 137 12 The Principles and Drivers of Cancer 139
Charles Saxe and William C. Phelps Section 3 | Diagnosis 153 13 Imaging in Oncology 155
Andreas G. Wibmer, Andreas M. Hötker, Maura Miccò, David M. Panicek, and Hedvig Hricak 14 The Pathologic Evaluation of Neoplastic Diseases 164
John D. Pfeifer and Mark R. Wick 15 Cancer Staging 184
Frederick L. Greene and Lauren A. Kosinski Section 4 | Treatment Modalities 191 16 Surgical Oncology Overview 193
M. Andrew Sicard and Benjamin D. Li 17 Radiotherapy 204
Curtiland Deville, Jr., Gaurav Shukla, Ramesh Rengan, and Charles R. Thomas, Jr. 18 Cytotoxic Chemotherapy 220
R. Donald Harvey and Fadlo R. Khuri 19 Hormonal Therapy for Cancer 236
Amelia B. Zelnak and Bradley C. Carthon 20 Immunotherapy of Cancer 244
Diwakar Davar, Ahmad A. Tarhini, and John M. Kirkwood 21 Targeted Therapies 267
Elizabeth Kessler, Paul Brittain, S. Lindsey Davis, Stephen Leong, S. Gail Eckhardt, and Christopher H. Lieu 22 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Cancer 284
Joshua F. Zeidner, Christopher G. Kanakry, and Leo Luznik 23 Diet, Physical Activity, and Weight Control for Cancer Patients and Survivors 293
Wendy Demark]Wahnefried, Laura Q. Rogers, Catherine M. Alfano, Cynthia A. Thomson, Kerry S. Courneya, Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, Nicole L. Stout, Elizabeth Kvale, Heidi Ganzer, Ted Gansler, and Jennifer A. Ligibel 24 Clinical Trials 306
Olwen M. Hahn and Richard L. Schilsky 25 Complementary and Alternative (Integrative) Oncology 315
Gabriel Lopez, Richard Lee, M. Kay Garcia, Alejandro Chaoul, and Lorenzo Cohen Section 5 | Geriatric Oncology 323 26 Geriatric Oncology 325
Arvind M. Shinde, Sumanta K. Pal, and Arti Hurria Section 6 | Symptom Management, Palliative Care, Complications and Toxicities of Treatment, Patient]Reported Outcomes, etc. 333 27 Palliative and Supportive Care 335
Rony Dev and Eduardo Bruera 28 Sexuality and Fertility 359
Jeanne Carter, Shari B. Goldfarb, Yukio Sonoda, Christian J. Nelson, Maura N. Dickler, and John P. Mulhall 29 Psychiatric Issues in Cancer Patients 379
Andrew J. Roth and Adrienne Jaeger 30 Oncologic Emergencies 393
Mark A. Lewis, William J. Hogan, and Timothy J. Moynihan 31 Patient]Reported Outcomes in Cancer: Application and Utility in Clinical Practice and Research 409
Kevin D. Stein, Tenbroeck Smith, Joseph E. Bauer, Deborah L. Driscoll, and Dexter L. Cooper 32 Survivorship Care 419
Emily Tonorezos, Shrujal S. Baxi, Victoria Blinder, Darren R. Feldman, Danielle Novetsky Friedman, Matthew Matasar, Talya Salz, Armin Shahrokni, and Kevin C. Oeffinger Index 437

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Comprehensively addresses all aspects of cancer prevention and survivorship taking a balanced, authoritative and, where possible, evidence-based stance The American Cancer Societys Principles of Oncology: Prevention to Survivorship is a modern textbook covering a range of topics that are key to a multidisciplinary approach to cancer and critical to cancer control. It covers the causes of cancer, prevention and early detection, cancer biology, diagnosis, and staging. A final section discusses symptom management, palliative care, complications, survivorship, and surrounding issues such as fertility and sexuality after cancer, and psychiatric complications. Designed for a wide range of learners and practitioners, this resource places special emphasis on cancer prevention, screening, and follow-up, which are central to the American Cancer Societys worldwide mission on cancer control. Developed by the American Cancer Society, this new textbook covers: descriptive epidemiology; fundamentals of cancer epidemiology; socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality; counseling and testing for inherited predisposition to cancer; microbial, environmental, and occupational carcinogens; screening and early detection; principles and drivers of cancer; imaging in oncology; the pathologic evaluation of neoplastic diseases; radiotherapy; cytotoxic chemotherapy; hormonal therapy; hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; diet, physical activity, and weight control for patients and survivors; clinical trials; geriatric oncology; supportive care; sexuality and fertility; psychiatric issues in cancer patients; survivorship care; and more. Written by a prestigious list of contributors from the U.S. and Europe and edited by a multidisciplinary team of leaders in all aspects of cancer-related healthcare. Focuses on evidence based research and clinical practice throughout Written in an easy-to-understand style by multidisciplinary teams of medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists, other clinical specialists including radiologists and pathologists, primary care clinicians, epidemiologists, cancer biologists, and other cancer professionals, reflecting day-to-day decision-making and clinical practice Can be used as a companion book to The American Cancer Societys Oncology in Practice: Clinical Management The American Cancer Societys Principles of Oncology: Prevention to Survivorship is an ideal resource for a wide range of learners and practitioners seeking a comprehensive understanding of prevention and early detection in the field of oncology.

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