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Cancers in the Urban Environment
- 1st Edition - July 21, 2004
- Author: Thomas M. Mack
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 2 8 4 6 - 5
This volume, the first of its kind ever, is designed to provide both laypersons and professionals with a detailed description of the occurrence of each common form of cancer in the… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis volume, the first of its kind ever, is designed to provide both laypersons and professionals with a detailed description of the occurrence of each common form of cancer in the ethnically, socially, and environmentally complex milieu of a modern urban complex. The place is Los Angeles County, and the patterns of 72 different malignancies are described according to race, age, sex, social class calendar time (since 1972) and most notably, individual neighborhood, using detailed maps of high risk.
The book permits residents to screen the malignancies and identify those of special concern locally, and to identify other communities with similar concerns. The pattern of each malignancy is briefly discussed with reference to background knowledge of causation and the degree to which the observed pattern was expected on that basis. Persons residing outside Los Angeles County will identify patterns likely to prevail in their own communities.
Physicians and scientific investigators in California and elsewhere can use the material provided to counsel patients and evaluate the consistency of any specific pattern of occurrence with each specific causal hypothesis. A detailed appendix describes the source of data, provides the basis for the choices made in the production of the volume, and gives a perspective on the search for “clusters” of malignancy.
The book permits residents to screen the malignancies and identify those of special concern locally, and to identify other communities with similar concerns. The pattern of each malignancy is briefly discussed with reference to background knowledge of causation and the degree to which the observed pattern was expected on that basis. Persons residing outside Los Angeles County will identify patterns likely to prevail in their own communities.
Physicians and scientific investigators in California and elsewhere can use the material provided to counsel patients and evaluate the consistency of any specific pattern of occurrence with each specific causal hypothesis. A detailed appendix describes the source of data, provides the basis for the choices made in the production of the volume, and gives a perspective on the search for “clusters” of malignancy.
* Compares different types of cancers with respect to the degree of non-random occurrence* Contains numerous maps detailing the demographic and geographic pattern of cancer occurrence in Los Angeles County* Provides an empirical perspective to the search for disease "clusters"
Epidemiologists, cancer registries, cancer investigators, chronic disease investigators, environmental scientists, and local and national government public health agencies.
Anogenital AdenocarcinomaAnogenital Squamous CarcinomaMixed Cell Genital TumorsTransitional (Non-Squamous) Bladder CarcinomaSquamous Bladder CarcinomaRenal Cell CarcinomaWilms Tumors (Nephroblastoma)RetinoblastomaBrain Malignancies (Gliomas)Spinal Cord MalignanciesNeurolemoma (Nerve Sheath Malignancy)NeuroblastomaMalignant MeningiomaFollicular Carcinoma Of The ThyroidPapillary Carcinoma Of The ThyroidOther Carcinoma Of The ThyroidPituitary CarcinomaMultiple Endocrine NeoplasiaCarcinoma Of The ThymusMixed Cellularity Hodgkin's LymphomaNodular Sclerosis Hodgkin's LymphomaOther Hodgkin's LymphomaAll Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (All Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Types)Follicular Non-Hodgkin's LymphomaDiffuse Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's LymphomaDiffuse Small Lymphocytic Or Plasmacytic B-Cell Non-Hodgkin’s LymphomaDiffuse Mixed B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's LymphomaHigh Grade Non-Hodgkin's LymphomaT-Cell Non-Hodgkin's LymphomaMaltoma Non-Hodgkin's LymphomaOther Non-Hodgkin's LymphomaCentral Nervous System Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (All Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Types)Stomach Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (All Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Types)Other Gastrointestinal Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (All Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Types)Lymph Node/Other Organ Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas(All Lymphoma Types)Multiple MyelomaAcute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaChronic Lymphocytic LeukemiaHairy Cell LeukemiaAcute Non-Lymphocytic LeukemiaChronic Myelocytic LeukemiaOther LeukemiasAll Malignancies Of Infants/ToddlersAll Malignancies Of ChildrenAll Malignancies Of Young AdultsAll Malignancies Of Older AdultsAll MalignanciesOverall Summary
- No. of pages: 656
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 21, 2004
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780080528465
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Thomas M. Mack
Thomas M. Mack is an internationally renowned researcher specialized in the lifestyle factors related to the development of cancer. He is founder of International Twin Registry, a continent-wide series of comparisons between patients with chronic diseases and their unaffected twins; and California Twin Program, an analogous program of studies among twins who differ in lifestyle or personal exposures and experiences.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Preventive Medicine and Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California