Epidemiological science and cancer control

great efforts to reduce smoking and to introduce the use of cigarette ilters have changed the epidemiology of lung cancer in developed countries, with an increase in the incidence

The aim of this paper was to describe the social and demographic profile of head and neck cancer patients at a university hospital, and to identify the risk factors

Screening programs for the early detection of breast cancer, increased schooling and higher socioeconomic levels represent factors which contribute to increase the survival rates

Studies using cohort designs such as the Framingham Heart Study, and case-control studies such as the smoking and lung cancer studies by Doll & Hill in the United Kingdom

Epidemiological evidence suggests that lung cancer may show familial aggregation, after adjusting for cigarette smoking and other risk factors, and that susceptibility to lung

the risk factors most frequently related to evisceration are: increased intra-abdominal pressure, digestive tract cancer surgery, emergency surgery and stomas in the

The risk factors for formation of atherogenic plaques are related to lifestyle (atherogenic diet, inactivity, obesity, smoking and alcoholism) and other factors such as IR (or

Mortality time trends and the incidence and mortality estimation and projection for lung cancer in China. Available from: