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3111.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| This interesting session will focus on the epidemiology of cancer. Presentations will include a discuss of lung cancer and exposure to disease particulate matter, cancer risk factors in Puerto Rico, and the intensity of surveillance after surgery for upper aerodigestive tract carcinoma. One session will focus on a cancer cluster investigation and a translation of this investigation into community prevention programming. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Understand how surgeon age affects post-operative follow-up intensity after treatment for upper aerodigestive tract carcinoma. 2. Describe some sentinel differences in lung cancer epidemiology between men and women 3. Discuss the relative importance of genetic and environmental risk factors in cancer incidence and mortality patterns 4. describe the rationale and methodology involved in conducting community cancer assessments | |||
| Jeannette Jackson-Thompson, MSPH, PhD | |||
| An exploratory ecologic analysis of lung cancer incidence (LCI) and exposure to diesel particulate matter (DE) in the US Jung Yee Kim, MPH, Stanley Weiss, MD | |||
Cancer risk factors in Puerto Rico ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Rafael Guerrero-Preston, Dr PH, MPH, Ruby Ann Serrano, MS, Dr PH(c) | |||
| Large-area and small-area variation in follow-up strategies after surgery for upper aerodigestive tract carcinoma Frank E. Johnson, MD, Randal C. Paniello, MD, Michael H. Johnson, BS, Katherine S. Virgo, PhD, MBA | |||
| Community Cancer Assessments: A Catalyst to Linking Tobacco Prevention/Cessation Programming within the School and Community Setting Chris Kippes, MS, Najeebah Shine, MS, RD, LD, Katie Fox, MS, Robert W. Indian, MS, Holly Engelhardt, MS, Elaine A. Borawski, PhD, Elizabeth Larkin, MS | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Epidemiology | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA