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Cancer Epidemiology
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Research is underway in various areas of cancer epidemiology and prevention. Faculty from this Department are leaders in the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project, a major study of environmental risk factors for breast cancer on Long Island; a follow-up study of the Chernobyl accident looking at thyroid cancer and leukemia; and a major project to examine arsenic exposure (from contaminated water in Bangladesh) as associated with skin cancer. A large, City-wide registry is headquartered at Columbia, collecting information and biological specimens on families with familial breast cancer. In addition to leading these efforts, these scientists and their colleagues at Columbia University have focused on other relevant issues in colon, breast, and esophageal cancer epidemiology, including studies that investigate molecular markers for breast cancer risk, lifestyle risk factors for colorectal adenomas, the epidemiology of second malignancies, and associations between dietary patterns and breast, prostate, and colon cancer risk. Other areas of interest are dissemination of screening and cancer prevention information to health professionals in the community, studies of the effects of tobacco on various cancers, and issues in clinical cancer research. Strong collaborations are in place with faculty in the Departments of Environmental Health Sciences, Biostatistics, and Sociomedical Sciences, with weekly seminars bringing all faculty and students together regularly. Another major advantage for our cancer epidemiology program is the medical school, with outstanding clinical and laboratory resources, centered in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Faculty working in Cancer Epidemiology
Links in Cancer Epidemiology
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Center for Developmental Origins of Health
