A model of practical cancer prevention for out-patients visiting a hospital: The hospital-based epidemiologic research program at Aichi Cancer Center (HERPACC)

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-47

  Tajima, Kazuo ^a   Hirose, Kaoru ^a   Inoue, Manami ^a   Takezaki, Toshiro ^a   Hamajima, Nobuyuki ^a   Kuroishi, Tetsuo ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hospital based questionnaire survey; Prevention trial; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002894138     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (32)

1. Doll R, Peto R (1981). The causes of cancer, Oxford Medical Publication, Oxford, pp 1256-1260.
2. Gao C-M, Tajima K, Kuroishi T, Hirose K, Inoue M (1993). Protective effects of raw vegetables and fruit against lung cancer among smokers and ex-smokers: A case-control study in the Tokai area of Japan. Jpn J Cancer Res, 84, 594-600.
3. Hamajima N, Hirose K, Inoue M, et al (1994). Case-control studies: matched controls or all available controls? J Clin Epidemiol, 47, 971-5.
4. Hirayama T (1990). Life-style and mortality: A large-scale census-based cohort study in Japan. Karger, Basel, pp 28-59.
5. Hirose K, Tajima K, Hamajima N, et al (1995). A large-scaled, hospital-based case-control study of risk factors of breast cancer according to menopausal status. Jpn J Cancer Res, 86, 146-154.
6. Hirose K, Tajima K, Hamajima N, et al (1999). Comparative case-referent study of risk factors among hormone-related female cancers in Japan. Jpn J Cancer Res, 90, 255-261.
7. Hirose K, Tajima K, Hamajima N, et al (1997). Impact of family history on the risk of breast cancer among the Japanese. Jpn J Cancer Res, 88, 1130-6.
8. Hirose K, Tajima K, Hamajima N, et al (1996). Subsite(cervix/endometrium)-specific risk and protective factors in uterus cancer. Jpn J Cancer Res, 87, 1001-9.
9. Hirose K, Tajima K, Hamajima N, et al (1999). Effect of body size on breast-cancer risk among Japanese women. Int J Cancer, 80, 349-355.
10. Huang X-E, Tajima K, Hamajima N, et al (1999). Effect of life style on the risk of subsite-specific gastric cancer in those with and without family history. J Epidemiol, 9, 40-45.
11. Inoue M, Tajima K, Yamamura Y, et al (1999). Influence of habitual smoking on gastric cancer by histologic subtype. Int J Cancer, 81, 39-43.
12. Inoue M, Tajima K, Hirose K, et al (1997). Epidemiological features of first-visit outpatients in Japan: comparison with general population and variation by sex, age, and season. J Clin Epidemol, 50, 69-77.
13. Inoue M, Tajima K, Hirose K, et al (1994). Life-style and subsite of gastric cancer - joint effect of smoking and drinking habits. Int J Cancer, 56, 494-9.
14. Inoue M, Tajima K, Hirose K, et al (1995). Subsite-specific risk factors for colorectal cancer: a hospital-based case-control study in Japan. Cancer Causes Control, 6, 14-22.
15. Inoue M, Tajima K, Kobayashi S, et al (1996). Protective factor against progression from atrophic gastritis to gastric cancer - Data from a cohort study in Japan. Int J Cancer, 66, 309-314.
16. Inoue M, Tajima K, Yamamura Y, et al (1998). Family history and subsite of gastric cancer: data from a case-referent study in Japan. Int J Cancer, 78, 801-5.
17. Koo L, Ho JHC (1990). Worldwide epidemiological pattern of lung cancer in non-smokers. Int J Epidemiol, 19, s14-23.
18. Kuroishi T, Nishikawa Y, Tominaga S, Aoki K (1999)Cancer mortality statistics in 33 countries (1953-1992). Gann Monogr Cancer Res, 47, 153-217.
19. Kuroiwa A and Yan H (1999), Moderate exercise: Is it effective for prevention of cancer? In Exercise for Preventing Common Diseases. Eds Tanaka H and Shindo M pp 98-108, Springer Verlag, Tokyo.
20. Lee IM, Paffenbarger RS, Hsieh CC (1991). Physical activity and risk of developing colorectal cancer among college alumni. J Natl Cancer Inst, 83, 1324-9.
21. McMichael AJ, Potter JD (1985). Host-specific carcinogenesis: certain bile-acid metabolism profiles that selectively increase the risk of proximal colon cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst, 75,185-191.
22. McTiernan A, Ulrich C, Slate S et al (1998). Physical activity and cancer etiology: association and mechanisms. Cancer Causes Controls, 9, 487-509.
23. Parkin DM, Whelan SL, Ferley J, Raymond L, Young J (1997). Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Vol 7. Lyon, France, International Agency for Research of Cancer.
24. Sesso HD, Paffenberger RS, Lee IM (1998). Physical activity and breast cancer risk in the college alumni health study (United State). Cancer Causes Control, 9, 433-9.
25. Tajima K, Sonoda S (1996). Ethnoepidemiology, a new paradigm, for studying cancer risk factors and prevention strategy. Gann Monogr Cancer Res, 44, 3-12.
26. Tajima K, Hirose K, Nakagawa N, Kuroishi T, Tominaga S (1985). Urban-rural difference in the trend of colo-rectal cancer mortality with special reference to the subsites of colon cancer in Japan. Jpn J Cancer Res, 76, 717-728.
27. Tajima K, Hirose K, Inoue M, Takezaki T, Hamajima N (1999), Exercise and cancer prevention: Study from Hospital-based Epidemiologic research Program at Aichi Cancer Center (HERPACC). In Exercise for Preventing Common Diseases. Eds Tanaka H and Shindo M pp98-108, Springer Verlag, Tokyo.
28. Tajima K, Tominaga S (1985). Dietary habits and gastro-intestinal cancers: a comparative case-control study of stomach and large intestinal cancers in Nagoya, Japan. Jpn J Cancer Res, 76, 705-716.
29. Thune I, Brenn T, Lund E, et al (1997). Physical activity and the risk of breast cancer. N Engl J Med, 336, 1269-75.
30. Tominaga S (1988). Smoking and cancer. Asian Med J, 31, 209-215.
31. Wynder EL, Gori GB (1977). Contribution of the environment to cancer incidence: An epidemiologic exercise. J Natl Cancer Inst, 58, 825-832.
32. Yoo K-Y, Tajima K, Inoue M, et al (1999). Reproductive factors related to the risk of colorectal cancer by subsite: A casecontrol analysis. Br J Cancer, 79, 1901-6.