Am J Epidemiol 2002; 156:292-293.
Copyright © 2002 by the
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Cancer Precursors: Epidemiology, Detection, and Prevention
Department of Health Science Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602
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Edited by Eduardo L. Franco and Thomas E. Rohan
ISBN 0-387-95188-1, Springer-Verlag, New York, New York (Telephone: 800-777-4643, Fax: 201-348-4505, Web site: www.springer-ny.com), 2002, 464 pp., $89 (hardcover)
Recent advances in epidemiologic and laboratory research have contributed to our understanding of the molecular and morphologic characteristics underlying neoplastic progression of cancer. As new methodologies improve our ability to characterize cancer precursors, we can better predict and prevent the disease. Drs. Franco and Rohan bring together