Statistical Methods in Cancer Research: Volume II: The Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies (IARC Scientific Publications) [Paperback]

N.E. Breslow (Author), N.E. Day (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1986 | ISBN-10: 9283201825 | ISBN-13: 978-9283201823 | Edition: Some Industrial Chemicals

Together with Volume I, this work provides a comprehensive account of the major types of studies in cancer epidemiology. Its scope ranges from an account of elementary and descriptive cohort analyses to the fitting of regression models for incidence rates with general risk functions. Particular attention is given to the use of a case-control approach embedded in a cohort study. As in the first volume, all methods are illustrated by examples from real studies, and the data are appended to the text, enabling readers to rework the computations.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book is to be thoroughly recommended to anybody engaged in the analysis of cancer incidence and mortality data. Many of the techniques contained are applicable to the study of mortality data from other causes, so that anybody concerned with mortality statistics should find it useful." --International Journal of Epidemiology

"It should find its way into the library of every serious researcher in the field of chronic disease epidemiology." --Chronic Diseases in Canada

"Contains a very comprehensive development of statistical methods for epidemiologic cohort studies of cancer. . . .The book's detailed examples and extensive bibliography allow its use as an effective text. . . .Can be a valuable reference for both epidemiologists and statisticians." --Journal of the American Statistical Association

About the Author

N. E. Breslow, Professor and Chairman, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle. N. E. Day, Director, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, and former Chief, Unit of Biostatistics and Field Studies, IARC.

Product Details

• Paperback: 406 pages
• Publisher: World Health Organization; Some Industrial Chemicals edition (December 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9283201825
• ISBN-13: 978-9283201823
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,266,231 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not a good textbook, November 10, 2002

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Huagang Yang "paul yang" (Kunming, P.R.China) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Statistical Methods in Cancer Research: Volume II: The Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies (IARC Scientific Publications) (Paperback)

Breslow and Day's Cancer Research book features poor readability and a presumptious way of writing. Their book seems to be more suitable for those beauracratic agencies or just for decorating your shelves...

If you are a new comer to the cancer research field and hoping to learn something in the area, what you would experience is a total frustration. So what I suggest is that DO NOT buy their book!