CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CANADA

Last updated: 6-Jul-2011

Publications

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The Prevention of Second Primary Cancers
The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do About It
Risk Factor Interventions: An Overview of Their Effectiveness
A Population Based HPV Immunization Program in British Columbia: Background Paper

The Prevention of Second Primary Cancers
Available for purchase through Amazon

Hans Krueger, Dan Williams and David McLean
S. Karger AG © 2011

Hard Cover: 2008 Active/Available
148pp / 6 figures; 75 tables

A second primary cancer (SPC) is a new primary cancer developing in a person with a history of cancer in a new site or tissue and subsequent to the initial cancer. Advances in cancer treatment have led to marked improvements in cancer cure rates over the past 30 years, and the control of risk factors has further increased longevity. Still, cancer survivors are at increased risk not only for recurrence of the primary cancer but also for the development of second primary malignancies, the latter being especially true for survivors of childhood cancer. SPCs are now more common, and research into them has intensified.

This monograph provides a synthesis of the current research on SPC, culminating in pertinent summary charts, covering the whole spectrum of first and second primary cancers and the association between them. Readers will gain a general understanding of the epidemiology and of the excess risk of SPCs following an implicated first malignancy. The known or suspected etiologic factors for SPCs are identified, and the field is further narrowed to those factors that are modifiable in practice. Effective preventive measures that might reduce the burden of SPC, both for individuals and across at-risk populations, are presented.

Providing practical guidance in terms of possibilities and priorities, this monograph will be a valuable tool for oncologists, general practitioners and health administrators.

The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do about It
Available through the University of Toronto Press Inc.

Hans Krueger, Dan Williams, Barbara Kaminsky, and David McLean
University of Toronto Press © 2007

Paper: Jan 5 2007 Active/Available
Cloth: Jan 19 2007 Not Yet Published

World Rights
352pp /12 figures; 29 tables

Despite significant progress due to public health campaigns and other policy efforts, smoking continues to be a serious health threat throughout the world. In addition, sedentary lifestyles, poor diet, and obesity continue to be major causes of chronic diseases. The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do about It synthesizes a vast quantity of recent data on the benefits and cost-effectiveness of both clinical and public health interventions in addressing the risk factors of smoking and obesity.

A large proportion of chronic disease is preventable. The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do about It provides solid evidence and practical advice to health care planners, decision-makers, and frontline providers alike. The volume discusses various approaches to measuring disease burden and setting health care targets, and provides a summary of interventions of proven effectiveness. Taking into account the vital lessons learned from the experience of tobacco control over forty years, and focusing on the current state of the evidence for obesity control, the study stresses the importance of comprehensive strategies that deal with both individual behaviour changes and the need to encourage social contexts that enhance healthy choices and lifestyles.

Hans Krueger is the president of H. Krueger & Associates Inc., a health care consulting company in Vancouver. He holds a PhD in health policy and research from the University of British Columbia.

Dan Williams is head of research for H. Krueger & Associates Inc.

Barbara Kaminsky is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and CEO of the Canadian Cancer Society, British Columbia and Yukon Division.

David McLean is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and Head of Cancer Prevention Programs at the British Columbia Cancer Agency.

Endorsements/Review Excerpts

‘This book offers a rationale for redoubling efforts on risk factor reduction for chronic disease, and suggests a basis for a comprehensive risk factor reduction plan. Both of these aims are realized and compellingly illustrated with a concrete example from real life. This is a readable, well referenced, and accurate look at chronic health problems and the means by which they can be combated.’

‘This is a well researched book with significant relevance to researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers in industrialized nations attempting to stem the tide of chronic diseases. The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do about It offers strong evidence and thoroughly comprehensive scholarship.’

-Kim Raine-Centre for Health Promotion Studies, School of Public Health, University of Alberta

The Cancer Prevention Institute of Canada offers the following publications for purchase:

Risk Factor Interventions: An Overview of Their Effectiveness

Soft Cover Book - $89.99 (Shipping & Handling included within North America)

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A Population Based HPV Immunization Program in British Columbia: Background Paper

Soft Cover Book - $89.99 (Shipping & Handling included within North America)

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