The increasing incidence of a variety of cancers after the Second World War confronts
scientists with the question of their origin. In Western countries, expansion and ageing of the …

The increasing incidence of a variety of cancers after the Second World War confronts
scientists with the question of their origin. In Western countries, expansion and ageing of the …

Epidemiology is very successful in identifying environmental and lifestyle factors that
increase or reduce risk of specific cancers, leading to cancer prevention strategies …

The global incidence of cancer is expected to increase substantially over the next decades.
This trend is very much driven by a rise in lifestyle-related cancers due to economic and …

Around 1618, Thomas Adams (1) wrote" He is a better physician that keeps diseases off us,
than he that cures them being on us; prevention is so much better than healing because it …

Epidemiological studies have clearly shown a causal association between tobacco
exposure and various human cancers, hepatitis B and C infection and hepatocellular …

At least in economically developed countries, in the last decades, the incidence of childhood
cancer has increased and the increase is unlikely to be an artefact. Causes of the increase …

This pessimistic view is not limited to non-scientists but has also been voiced by some
cancer research workers, including experienced biostatisticians. It was expressed most …

Worldwide an estimated 11 million cancer cases were diagnosed in 2002, one quarter being
in Europe. We estimated the potential in avoidable numbers and proportions of 11 cancers …

Over the next 25 years there will be a dramatic increase in the number of people developing
cancer. Globally, 10 million new cancer patients are diagnosed each year and this will be 20 …