Books from International Agency for Research on Cancer

  • Chemoprevention in Cancer Control
    Chemoprevention in Cancer Control
    By Matti Hakama

    This book is a collection of discussions and presentations made by leading experts during a workshop to review the results of recent empirical studies on the effectiveness of chemopreventive agents...

  • Effectiveness of Tax and Price Policies for Tobacco Control
    Effectiveness of Tax and Price Policies for Tobacco Control
    By International Agency for Research on Cancer, IARC Working Group on the Effectiveness of Tax and Price Policies for Tobacco Control

    This new volume of the IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention in Tobacco Control presents a critical review and evaluation of the evidence by 25 international experts from twelve countries on...

  • WHO Classification of Tumours of the Eye: WHO Classification of Tumours, Volume 12
    WHO Classification of Tumours of the Eye: WHO Classification of Tumours, Volume 12
    By Hans E. Grossniklaus, Charles G. Eberhart, Tero T. Kivelä

    This volume updates the existing ICD-O codes and provides new codes for use inepidemiology and cancer registration.

  • Biological Effects of Mineral Fibres
    Biological Effects of Mineral Fibres
    By Walter Davis, J. C. Wagner

    Biological Effects of Mineral Fibres

  • IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans
    IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

    IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

  • Butadiene and Styrene: Assessment of Health Hazards
    Butadiene and Styrene: Assessment of Health Hazards
    By International Agency for Research on Cancer, Marja Sorsa

    Both butadiene and styrene are produced in high volumes; their combined annual production is 20 million tons. They occur together in many industrial and commercial products, including latexes, polymers, adhesives,...

  • Complex Mixtures and Cancer Risk
    Complex Mixtures and Cancer Risk
    By Harri Vainio, Andrew J. McMichael, Marja Sorsa

    This book addresses two fundamental issues in the assessment of cancer risk due to exposure to hard-to-define mixtures of different carcinogens: how to gather reliable scientific data and how to...

  • The Epidemiology of Cervical Cancer and Human Papillomavirus
    The Epidemiology of Cervical Cancer and Human Papillomavirus
    By International Agency for Research on Cancer, N. Muñoz

    Use of sensitive molecular biological methods for detecting human papillomavirus (HPV) in epidemiological studies has produced convincing evidence that this virus plays a causal role in cervical cancer. This volume...

  • Reversal of Risk After Quitting Smoking
    Reversal of Risk After Quitting Smoking
    By World Health Organization, IARC Working Group on Reversal of Risk after Quitting Smoking. Meeting

    This 11th IARC Handbook of Cancer Prevention, and the first in a series focusing on Tobacco Control, presents a comprehensive review of the scientific literature, and a thorough evaluation, made...