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Cancer as an Environmental Disease

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Editors:
  1. P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati

    1. Medical School, Department of Pathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

  2. L. Hens

    1. Human Ecology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

  3. C. V. Howard

    1. Department of Human Anatomy & Cell Biology, Developmental Toxico-Pathology Research Group, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

  4. N. Larebeke

    1. Department of Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine and Experimental Cancerology, Study Centre for Carcinogenesis and the Primary Prevention of Cancer, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium

Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Technology Library (ENST, volume 20)

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These pages contain a number of chapters from specialists in the field who consider, from a number of different perspectives, the currently available evidence that supports the environmental cancer aetiology hypothesis. This constitutes the first part of the book. In the second part of the book, an examination of the policy implications of accepting that the cancer epidemic may essentially be preventable is presented. This will pose some difficult problems for politicians and decision-makers, who will have to consider adopting policies that may damage the economy in the short term in order to reap health benefits which will only become apparent several decades in the future.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction: Cancer and the Environment

    • P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati, M. A. Pitsos
    Pages 1-10

  3. Incorporating the Environmental Context in the Study of Cancer

    • A. Novogradec, S. Harris Ali
    Pages 11-38

  4. Could the Increase in Cancer Incidence be Related to Recent Environmental Changes?

    • C. V. Howard, J. A. Newby
    Pages 39-56

  5. The Role of DNA Damage and DNA-Damaging Environmental Chemicals in Carcinogenesis

    • K. Peltonen
    Pages 57-70

  6. Gene-Environment Interaction in Environmental Carcinogens

    • H. Autrup
    Pages 71-101

  7. Health Impact Assessment of Accidents with Environmental Carcinogens

    • L. Hens
    Pages 103-133

  8. Anti-Oxidants and Chemopreventive Agents as Cancer Enhancing Agent: The Other Side of the Coin

    • S. Z. Abdel-Rahman, M. Paolini, M. S. Legator
    Pages 135-148

  9. Legislative Proposals for Reversing the Cancer Epidemic and Controlling Run-Away Industrial Technologies

    • Samuel S. Epstein
    Pages 149-170

  10. Re-Evaluation of Priorities in Addressing the Cancer Issue: Conclusions, Strategies, Prospects

    • P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati, C. V. Howard, B. A. J. Gaudet
    Pages 171-199

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 201-215
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Medical School, Department of Pathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati

  • Human Ecology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

    L. Hens

  • Department of Human Anatomy & Cell Biology, Developmental Toxico-Pathology Research Group, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

    C. V. Howard

  • Department of Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine and Experimental Cancerology, Study Centre for Carcinogenesis and the Primary Prevention of Cancer, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium

    N. Larebeke

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cancer as an Environmental Disease

  • Editors: P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati, L. Hens, C. V. Howard, N. Larebeke

  • Series Title: Environmental Science and Technology Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-48513-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-2019-3Published: 31 March 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-2020-9Published: 31 March 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-48513-8Published: 30 April 2004

  • Series ISSN: 1382-3124

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 215

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Cancer Research, Public Health, Environmental Management

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