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Download or read book Evidence-Based Cancer Care and Prevention written by Charles W. Given, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003-03-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of behavioral oncology is to understand and explain the role and impact of behaviors at all phases in the cancer trajectory -- from prevention and detection to diagnosis and early treatment, to survivorship, recurrence, and/or death. Each chapter includes summaries of recent research on cancer-related behavioral interventions, discussions of the studies summarized, and suggestions for future research. The book is a product of collaboration among members of the Behavioral Cooperative Oncology Group of the Mary Margaret Walther Program for Cancer Care Research at the Walther Cancer Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana.