This volume, the first of its kind ever, is designed to provide both laypersons and professionals with a detailed description of the occurrence of each common form of cancer in the ethnically, socially, and environmentally complex milieu of a modern urban complex. The place is Los Angeles County, and the patterns of 72 different malignancies are described according to race, age, sex, social class calendar time (since 1972) and most notably, individual neighborhood, using detailed maps of high risk. The book permits residents to screen the malignancies and identify those of special concern locally, and to identify other communities with similar concerns. The pattern of each malignancy is briefly discussed with reference to background knowledge of causation and the degree to which the observed pattern was expected on that basis. Persons residing outside Los Angeles County will identify patterns likely to prevail in their own communities. Physicians and scientific investigators in California and elsewhere can use the material provided to counsel patients and evaluate the consistency of any specific pattern of occurrence with each specific causal hypothesis.
There is a detailed appendix that describes the source of data, provides the basis for the choices made in the production of the volume, and gives a perspective on the search for 'clusters' of malignancy. This title compares different types of cancers with respect to the degree of non-random occurrence. It contains numerous maps detailing the demographic and geographic pattern of cancer occurrence in Los Angeles County. It provides an empirical perspective to the search for disease 'clusters'.
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Foreword Introduction Intentions Resources Methods Guide To The Figures Interpretations Chance Bias And Confounding The Search For Local Causes Scientific And Technical Notes Oropharyngeal Carcinoma Salivary Gland Malignancies Squamous Carcinoma Of The Esophagus/Gastric Cardia Adenocarcinoma Of The Esophagus/Gastric Cardia Adenocarcinoma Of The (Lower) Stomach Carcinoma Of The Small Intestine Colon Carcinoma, Total (Both Upper And Sigmoid) Carcinoma Of The Upper Colon Carcinoma Of The Sigmoid Colon Carcinoma Of The Rectum Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cholangiocarcinoma Gall Bladder Carcinoma Biliary Tract Carcinoma Pancreas Carcinoma Carcinoma Of The Nose/Sinuses Carcinoma Of The Larynx Lung And Bronchus Carcinoma, Total (All Types) Squamous Cell Carcinoma Of The Lung And Bronchus Large Cell Carcinoma Of The Lung And Bronchus Small Cell Carcinoma Of The Lung And Bronchus Adenocarcinoma Of The Lung And Bronchus Bronchioalveolar Carcinoma Undifferentiated Carcinoma, Further Unspecified Carcinoma Of The Lung And Bronchus, Other Mesothelioma Soft Tissue Sarcoma Angiosarcoma Kaposi Sarcoma Osteosarcoma Ewing's Sarcoma Malignant Chordoma Malignant Melanoma Breast Carcinoma Squamous Cervix Carcinoma (Invasive) Endometrial (Uterine Corpus) Carcinoma Epithelial Carcinoma Of The Ovary Germ Cell Malignancies Prostate Carcinoma Anogenital Adenocarcinoma Anogenital Squamous Carcinoma Mixed Cell Genital Tumors Transitional (Non-Squamous) Bladder Carcinoma Squamous Bladder Carcinoma Renal Cell Carcinoma Wilms Tumors (Nephroblastoma) Retinoblastoma Brain Malignancies (Gliomas) Spinal Cord Malignancies Neurolemoma (Nerve Sheath Malignancy) Neuroblastoma Malignant Meningioma Follicular Carcinoma Of The Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma Of The Thyroid Other Carcinoma Of The Thyroid Pituitary Carcinoma Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Carcinoma Of The Thymus Mixed Cellularity Hodgkin's Lymphoma Nodular Sclerosis Hodgkin's Lymphoma Other Hodgkin's Lymphoma All Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (All Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Types) Follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Diffuse Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Diffuse Small Lymphocytic Or Plasmacytic B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Diffuse Mixed B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma High Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma T-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Maltoma Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Other Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Central Nervous System Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (All Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Types) Stomach Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (All Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Types) Other Gastrointestinal Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (All Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Types) Lymph Node/Other Organ Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (All Lymphoma Types) Multiple Myeloma Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Hairy Cell Leukemia Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia Other Leukemias All Malignancies Of Infants/Toddlers All Malignancies Of Children All Malignancies Of Young Adults All Malignancies Of Older Adults All Malignancies Overall Summary
