Historically, cancer has occurred at a lower rate in aboriginal populations; however, it is now dramatically increasing. Unless preventive measures are taken, cancer rates among aboriginal peoples are expected to soon surpass those in non-aboriginal populations. Because a large proportion of malignant disorders are preventable, primary prevention through socioeconomic interventions, environment...

esophageal cancer (ec) is the eighth most common cancer and sixth most frequent cause of cancer mortality worldwide. esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (escc) is the most common type of ec. escc develops by progression from premalignant lesions, which are called esophageal squamous dysplasia (esd). prevention is the most effective strategy for controlling this disease. generally, two methods ma...

728 Contribution of Screening and Survival Differences to Racial Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Rates Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar, Karen M. Kuntz, AmyB. Knudsen,Marjolein van Ballegooijen, Ann G. Zauber, and Ahmedin Jemal See Editorial on p. 707 737 Body Mass Index and Colon Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Nisa M. Maruthur, Shari Bolen, Kimberly Gudzune, Frederick L. Branca...

BACKGROUND Although breast cancer is a major public health worry among Asian women, adherence to screening for the disease remains an obstacle to its prevention. A variety of psycho-social and cultural factors predispose women to delay or avoidance of screening for breast cancer symptoms at the early stages when cure is most likely to be successful. Yet few interventions implemented to date to ...

A wide range of epidemiologic and laboratory studies combined provide compelling evidence of a protective role of vitamin D on risk of breast cancer. This review evaluates the scientific evidence for such a role in the context of the A.B. Hill criteria for causality, in order to assess the presence of a causal, inverse relationship, between vitamin D status and breast cancer risk. After evaluat...

Cervical Cancer is a malignant tumor that grows inside the cervix (the lowest part of uterus attached to top vagina) usually affects women aged 35-55 years. Lack knowledge and public awareness about dangers cervical cancer increases incidence disease in Indonesia. Government efforts tackling include HPV vaccination for prevention cancer, but it not yet possible provide all free. Therefore, nece...

Women at increased risk for breast cancer should be identified and counseled about options for risk reduction. Identifying such women is simplified with use of the National Cancer Institute Risk Assessment tool, a computer-based tool that incorporates information on 6 risk factors for estimating an individual's risk of developing breast cancer. However, the tool does not incorporate all known o...

background: organized cervical screening program has led to prevention of cervical cancer prevention worldwide. women’s knowledge and attitudes is linked to their participation in cervical screening. objective: we studied the knowledge, attitudes and practices (kap) of women about cervical cancer prevention and the related factors in tehran, i.r. of iran. methods: trained interviewers used a va...