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Cancer surveillance and research on environmental contributions to cancer

  • Ann Chao EMAIL logo and Brenda K. Edwards
Published/Copyright: March 4, 2016
Reviews on Environmental Health
From the journal Reviews on Environmental Health Volume 31 Issue 1

Abstract

Cancer surveillance is a fundamental component of national or sub-national cancer control planning and research. Cancer incidence and mortality data allow countries to monitor change in cancer incidence, mortality, and survival over time, by geographic region, and by demographic characteristics. Such data provide important clues to form hypotheses for cancer etiologic research, including research to examine environmental contributions to cancer. Strengthening cancer surveillance systems is urgently needed to conduct high quality research in environmental pollution and cancer in many countries. The United States National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health organized the first symposium on Environmental Contributions to Cancer during the 16th International Conference of Pacific Basin Consortium (PBC) for Environment and Health. PBC provided an important forum for dialog to establish partnerships and collaborations among researchers of environmental pollution and cancer.

Keywords: cancer; epidemiology; surveillance
Corresponding author: Ann Chao, PhD, Center for Global Health, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-9723, USA, Phone: +1 (240) 762 1138, E-mail:

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Received: 2015-10-21
Accepted: 2015-11-02
Published Online: 2016-03-04
Published in Print: 2016-03-01

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https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2015-0059
Keywords for this article
cancer; epidemiology; surveillance

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