Impact of Energy Balance on Cancer Disparities [Hardcover]

This volume reviews disparities in cancer genetics, etiology, treatment and survivorship that are associated with differences in energy balance and how those differences and disparities may be affected by geography, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, biology, behavior and others. State-of-the-art strategies are outlined to alter these problems at the individual, community and policy levels. The book provides a comprehensive assessment of the multiple contributions of disparities in energy balance and how they affect cancer. this volume should constitute a valuable resource to disparity focused investigators at all levels and serves an important guide to professionals that deal with these issues, especially those who determine and implement policy.

Chapter 1. Obesity and Cancer in Appalachia - Rory C. Weier, M.P.H., Jesse J. Plascak, Ph.D.

James L. Fisher, Ph.D., Electra D. Paskett, Ph.D.

Chapter 2. Weller - DISPARITIES IN CANCER OUTCOMES: A UK PERSPECTIVE - Donald Nicolson, PhD, Una Macleod PhD FRCGP FHEA, David Weller, Ph.D.

Chapter 3. Behavioral Differences Leading to Disparities in Energy Balance and Cancer - Donna Spruijt-Metz, MFA, Ph.D., Lauren Cook, CK Freddy Wen, MPH , Robert Garcia, MPH, ATC, Gillian A. O'Reilly, Ya-Wen Hsu, Jennifer B. Unger, Ph.D., Selena T. Nguyen-Rodriguez, PhD

Chapter 4. Impact of obesity, race, and ethnicity on cancer survivorship - Kathryn H. Schmitz PhD, MPH, FACSM, Tanya Agurs-Collins PhD, RD, Marian L. Neuhouser PhD, RD , Lisa Pollack MPT, MPH, Ph.D. Student, and Sarah Gehlert PhD

Chapter 5. The biology of aging: Role in cancer, metabolic dysfunction and health disparities - Nathan K. LeBrasseur, PhD, Derek M. Huffman, PhD, Gerald V. Denis, PhD

Chapter 6. Energy Balance and Multiple Myeloma in African Americans - Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, Kari Bohlke, ScD, Su-Hsin Chang, PhD, Kenneth Carson, MD