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A Quick Guide to Cancer Epidemiology is an ideal addition to Springer Briefs in Cancer Research. The Brief provides core concepts in cancer epidemiology and also gives a snapshot of the epidemiology of seventeen human cancers. The Brief aims to provide-with quantitative focus-estimates of the global burden of neoplasms, of recent and likely future trends, distribution, causes and strategies for prevention for major groups of cancers. Finally, the Brief will give an overview of severals factors that cause cancer including dietary factors, tobacco smoking, obesity and alcohol consumption.

Human biochemistry --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Oncology. Neoplasms --- Pathological biochemistry --- Human medicine --- medische biochemie --- obesitas --- biochemie --- biomedische wetenschappen --- gezondheidszorg --- oncologie

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Practitioners are increasingly adopting a personalised medicine approach to individually tailored patient care, especially disease diagnosis and treatment with the use of biomarkers. However, development and implementation of such approaches to chronic disease prevention need further investigation and concerted efforts for proper use in healthcare systems. This book provides high-quality, multidisciplinary knowledge from research in personalised medicine, specifically personalised prevention of chronic disease. It addresses different perspectives of prevention in the field, and is the outcome of a four-year work of the Personalized prevention of Chronic Disease (PRECeDI) Consortium, a multi-disciplinary and multi-professional team of experts. The Consortium jointly agreed to document and address the five aspects or domains of personalised medicine and prevention as individual chapters: • Identification of biomarkers for the prevention of chronic disease • Evaluation of predictive genomic applications • Ethico-legal and policy issues surrounding personalised medicine • Roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in informing healthy individuals on their genome: a sociotechnical analysis • Identification of organisational models for the provision of predictive genomic applications The book focuses on the Consortium's recommendations that are derived from each of these domains based on up-to-date evidence and research that the authors write, follow, and systematically organise and report. Personalisation of health care is, eventually, a driver of innovation in research and healthcare systems. With this SpringerBrief on Personalised Health Care: Fostering Precision Medicine Advancements for Gaining Population Health Impact, the Consortium provides further evidence of the clinical validity and utility of personalised medicine with special emphasis on the prevention of chronic diseases. The book is a useful resource for policy makers, industry and healthcare professionals, scientists, technology-sector professionals, investors, citizens, and private companies that need proper advice to realise the potential of personalised medicine.

General ethics --- Sociology of health --- Medical law --- Genetics --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Human genetics --- Human medicine --- preventieve gezondheidszorg --- medische genetica --- ethiek --- geneeskunde --- gezondheidszorg --- genetica --- gezondheidspromotie --- patiëntenrechten --- gezondheidsrecht --- Professional ethics. Deontology