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

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