Cancer and the many issues associated with it have a significant impact on public health. Read this special collection of review articles to gain an enhanced understanding of cancer and its impact on public health. The articles included in this collection come from several Annual Review journals and offer perspectives from invited experts.
The following articles capture the current understanding of cancer and its impact on public health, including causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and effect on relationships and society.
Updated 10/2023
Metabolic Drivers in Hereditary Cancer Syndromes
Marco Sciacovelli, Christina Schmidt, Eamonn R. Maher, and Christian Frezza, Annual Review of Cancer Biology
TGFβ: Signaling Blockade for Cancer Immunotherapy
Szu-Ying Chen, Ons Mamai, and Rosemary J. Akhurst, Annual Review of Cancer Biology
Framework and Strategies to Eliminate Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening Outcomes
Chyke A. Doubeni, Kevin Selby, and Samir Gupta, Annual Review of Medicine
Current Approaches to Germline Cancer Genetic Testing
Elena M. Stoffel and John M. Carethers, Annual Review of Medicine
Enhancing Capacity for Food and Nutrient Intake Assessment in Population Sciences Research
Marian L. Neuhouser, Ross L. Prentice, Lesley F. Tinker, and Johanna W. Lampe, Annual Review of Public Health
Biological Aspects of Cancer Health Disparities
Jennifer A. Freedman, Muthana Al Abo, Tyler A. Allen, Sean A. Piwarski, Kara Wegermann, and Steven R. Patierno, Annual Review of Medicine
How Tumor Virology Evolved into Cancer Biology and Transformed Oncology
Harold Varmus, Annual Review of Cancer Biology
Preventability of Cancer: The Relative Contributions of Biologic and Social and Physical Environmental Determinants of Cancer Mortality
Graham A. Colditz and Esther K. Wei, Annual Review of Public Health
Family History in Public Health Practice: A Genomic Tool for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Rodolfo Valdez, Paula W. Yoon, Nadeem Qureshi, Ridgely Fisk Green,and Muin J. Khoury, Annual Review of Public Health
Cell Cycle-Targeted Cancer Therapies
Charles J. Sherr and Jiri Bartek, Annual Review of Cancer Biology
Obesity in Cancer Survival
Niyati Parekh, Urmila Chandran, and Elisa V. Bandera, Annual Review of Nutrition
Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer Epigenetics
Carmen Sapienza and Jean-Pierre Issa, Annual Review of Nutrition
Gut Microbiota, Inflammation, and Colorectal Cancer
Caitlin A. Brennan and Wendy S. Garrett, Annual Review of Microbiology
Toward a Better Understanding of the Complexity of Cancer Drug Resistance
Michael M. Gottesman, Orit Lavi, Matthew D. Hall, and Jean-Pierre Gillet, Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Genomic Sequencing for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy
Linghua Wang and David A. Wheeler, Annual Review of Medicine
Transgenic Mouse Models of Tumor Virus Action
Paul F. Lambert, Annual Review of Virology
Cancer
Juliet McMullin, Annual Review of Anthropology
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