Impact of Energy Balance on Cancer Disparities

This volume reviews disparities in cancer genetics, etiology, treatment and survivorship that are associated with differences in energy balance and how those differences and disparities may be affected by geography, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, biology, behavior and others. State-of-the-art stra...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bowen, Deborah J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Denis, Gerald V. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Berger, Nathan A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Energy Balance and Cancer, 9
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06103-0
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Summary:This volume reviews disparities in cancer genetics, etiology, treatment and survivorship that are associated with differences in energy balance and how those differences and disparities may be affected by geography, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, biology, behavior and others. State-of-the-art strategies are outlined to alter these problems at the individual, community and policy levels. The book provides a comprehensive assessment of the multiple contributions of disparities in energy balance and how they affect cancer. this volume should constitute a valuable resource to disparity focused investigators at all levels and serve s an important guide to professionals that deal with these issues, especially those who determine and implement policy.
Physical Description:XIII, 308 p. 18 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783319061030
ISSN:2199-2622 ;