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Cancer Prevention: The Causes and Prevention of Cancer Volume 1 Cancer Prevention – Cancer Causes Volume 1 Cancer Prevention: The Causes and Prevention of Cancer – Volume 1 Edited by Dr. P.H. Graham A. Colditz, M.D., Harvard University, Boston, MA, U.S.A. and David Hunter, M.B., B.S., Sc.D. The Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention, Boston, MA, U.S.A. KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS NEW YORK, BOSTON, DORDRECHT, LONDON, MOSCOW eBook ISBN: 0-306-47523-5 Print ISBN: 0-7923-6603-4 ©2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow Print ©2000 Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht All rights reserved No part of this eBook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without written consent from the Publisher Created in the United States of America Visit Kluwer Online at: http://kluweronline.com and Kluwer's eBookstore at: http://ebooks.kluweronline.com Contents Contributors ix Acknowledgements xi Preface xiii PART 1 – CAUSES OF HUMAN CANCER 1 Smoking 3 BEVERLY ROCKHILL, PH.D. AND GRAHAM A. COLDITZ, M.D., DR.P.H. Dietary Factors 17 DAVID J. HUNTER, M.B.B.S., SC.D. AND WALTER C. WILLETT, M.D., M.P.H. Obesity 25 ALISON E. FIELD SC.D. AND JOAQUIN BARNOYA, M.D. Physical Activity 37 HOWARD D. SESSO, SC.D. AND I-MIN LEE, M.B.B.S., SC.D. Occupation 49 DAVID C. CHRISTIANI, M.D., M.P.H. AND RICHAR0D R. MONSON, M.D. vi Contents Genetic Susceptibility 57 FREDERICK P. LI, M.D. AND DAVID J. HUNTER, M.B.B.S., SC.D. Infectious Agents 63 NANCY MUELLER, SC.D. Reproductive Factors and Cancer Risk 75 STACEY A. MISSMER, M.SC. AND SUSAN E. HANKINSON, SC.D. Socioeconomic Status 87 ICHIRO KAWACHI, M.D., PH.D. AND KIMBERLY LOCHNER, SC.D. Environmental Pollution 101 LUCAS M. NEAS, SC.D. Ultraviolet Light 111 LYDIA M. E. JONES, M.D. AND MARTIN A. WEINSTOCK, M.D., PH.D. Radiation 123 JOHN D. BOICE, JR., SC.D. AND JOHN B. LITTLE, M.D. Prescription Drugs 137 ALEXANDER M. WALKER, M.D., DR.P.H. Electric and Magnetic Fields 145 FRANCINE LADEN, SC.D. Summary – Causes of Cancer 161 WALTER C. WILLETT, M.D., DAVID HUNTER, M.B.B.S., SC.D. AND GRAHAM A. COLDITZ, M.D., DR.P.H. PART 2 – PREVENTION OF HUMAN CANCER 173 Prevention of Tobacco Use 175 NANCY A. RIGOTTI, M.D. Cessation from Tobacco Use 193 JENNIFER B. MCCLURE, PH.D., SUSAN J. CURRY, PH.D. AND DAVID W. WETTER, PH.D. Dietary Change Strategies 205 KAREN GLANZ, M.P.H., PH.D. Contents vii Physical Activity and Cancer Prevention 219 BEVERLY ROCKHILL, PH.D. AND GRAHAM A. COLDITZ, M.D., DR.P.H. Sexual Behavior and Cancer Prevention 235 CHARLES S. MORRISON, PH.D., PAMELA J. SCHWINGL, PH.D., KAVITA NANDA, M.D., M.H.S. AND WILLARD CATES, JR., M.D., M.P.H. Reducing Alcohol Intake 253 WILLIAM DEJONG, PH.D. AND LAURA GOMBERG, M.S. Maximizing Cancer Risk Reduction Efforts: Addressing Multiple Risk factors Simultaneously 265 KAREN M. EMMONS, PH.D., AND ELYSE PARK, PH.D. Prevention of Work-Related Cancers 281 ANTHONY D. LAMONTAGNE, SC.D., M.A., M.ED. AND DAVID C. CHRISTIANI, M.D., M.P.H., M.S. Socioeconomic Status 301 ICHIRO KAWACHI, M.D., PH.D. AND KIMBERLY LOCHNER, SC.D. Population-Level Change in Risk Factors for Cancer 313 GRAHAM A. COLDITZ, M.D., DR.P.H. A. LINDSAY FRAZIER, M.D., AND GLORIAN SORENSEN, PH.D Summary – Prevention of Cancer 325 GRAHAM A. COLDITZ, M.D., DR.P.H. INDEX 337 Contributors We are grateful to our colleagues who contributed to this volume. It is their participation that makes this volume a unique contribution to the field of cancer causes and prevention. Joaquin Barnoya, M.D. John D. Boice, Jr., Sc.D. Willard Cates, Jr., M.D., M.P.H. David C. Christiani, M.D., M.P.H. Susan J. Curry, Ph.D. William DeJong, Ph.D. Karen M. Emmons, Ph.D. Alison E. Field, Sc.D. A. Lindsay Frazier, M.D. Karen Glanz, M.P.H., Ph.D. Laura Gomberg, M.S. Susan E. Hankinson, Sc.D. Lydia M. E. Jones, M.D. Ichiro Kawachi, M.D., Ph.D. Francine Laden, Sc.D. Anthony D. LaMontagne, Sc.D., M.A., M.Ed. I-Min Lee, M.B.B.S., Sc.D. Frederick P. Li, M.D. John B. Little, M.D. Kimberly Lochner, Sc.D. Jennifer B. McClure, Ph.D. Stacey A. Missmer, M.Sc. ix x Richard R. Monson, M.D. Charles S. Morrison, Ph.D. Nancy Mueller, Sc.D. Kavita Nanda, M.D., M.H.S. Lucas M. Neas, Sc.D. Elyse Park, Ph.D. Nancy A. Rigotti, M.D. Beverly Rockhill, Ph.D. Pamela J. Schwingl, Ph.D. Howard D. Sesso, Sc.D. Glorian Sorensen, Ph.D. Alexander M. Walker, M.D., Dr.P.H. Martin A.Weinstock, M.D., Ph.D. David W. Wetter, Ph.D. Walter C. Willett, M.D., M.P.H. Editors: Graham A. Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H. David Hunter, M.B., B.S., Sc.D. Acknowledgements We are grateful to our colleagues who contributed to the peer review of materials included in the earlier reports from the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention, which served as the starting point for this volume. Jennifer Hamilton provided outstanding support to make this volume move from the idea to reality. Her tireless efforts are truly appreciated. xi

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