The overall goals of Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention and Control research at Michigan State University are to understand the environmental, genetic, and psychological underlying cancer (etiology, risk, prevention, diagnosis, and prognosis).
Research Topics
- Specific mechanisms and biomarkers of obesity-promoted cancer (Bernard)
- Phytochemicals as alternative approaches to cancer prevention and treatment (Doseff)
- Cancer epidemiology, disparities, and implementation science (Hirko)
- Cancer screening, cancer communication, stress, disparities (Lucas)
- Cancer registries and risk for cancer after assisted reproductive technology (Luke)
- High-fat diet on mammary tumorigenesis (Schwartz)
- Role of environmental factors and carcinogens in cancer (Upham)
- Natural products in preventing the effects of toxic environmental factors (Upham)
- Impact of foodborne toxins and nutrition impact liver cancer (Wu)
- Acupressure with breast cancer survivors (Wyatt)