Publications
Harvard Reports on Cancer Prevention

Volume I: Human Causes of Cancer
Volume II: Prevention of Human Cancer
Volume III: Prevention of Colon Cancer in the US
Volume IV: Harvard Cancer Risk Index
Volume V: Fulfilling the Potential for Cancer Prevention: Policy Approaches

Volume I: Human Causes of Cancer
(Cancer Causes and Control, Volume 7: Supplement 1, November 1996)
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Released in 1996, the first report reviews the causes of human cancer considering a wide range of potential sources of risk such as smoking, diet, sedentary lifestyle, occupational factors, viruses, and alcohol. It concluded that over 50 percent of cancer could be prevented if we implement what we already know about the causes of cancer.

Volume II: Prevention of Human Cancer
(Cancer Causes and Control, Volume 8: Supplement, November 1997)
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This report presents a framework for implementing prevention programs to reduce the burden of cancer. As the first report summarized the knowledge base of risk factors and causes of cancer, this report now sets forth action that can be taken to reduce the burden of cancer in the United States. Prevention of Human Cancer is organized by type of risk exposure rather than by cancer site.

Volume III: Prevention of Colon Cancer in the US
(Cancer Causes and Control, Volume 10: 167-180, 1999)
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Based on a comprehensive review of the literature, the primary message of the third report is that a healthy lifestyle and regular screening can prevent over half of all colon cancers in the United States.

Volume IV: Harvard Cancer Risk Index
(Cancer Causes and Control, Volume 11: 477-488, 2000)
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The report describes the process used by a Harvard working group to determine which factors have a proven link with many of the most common cancers in the United States. The findings provide the basis for the content of Your Cancer Risk.

Volume V: Fulfilling the Potential for Cancer Prevention: Policy Approaches
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In our most recent report published April 2002, we summarize what is known about cancer prevention and what can be done in our communities to promote and sustain healthy lifestyles. The report focuses on five behaviors (tobacco use, physical activity, weight maintenance, healthy eating, and alcohol use), all of which have an impact not only on cancer risk but also on the risk of other major chronic diseases.

The Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention thanks Kluwer Academic Publishers for allowing us to make the Harvard Report on Cancer Prevention available on the Internet.