Clinical Immunological American Dermato-epidemiologic Network

Epidemiology: Open Access

The Expanding Potential for Cohort Studies to Inform Priorities for Cancer Prevention

Abstract

Author(s): Graham A Colditz and Su- Hsin Chang

While the contributions of cohorts to informing cancer prevention have grown, areas that have been omitted from recent discussions are identified and implications for training discussed. In particular, greater familiarity with and collaboration in modeling of disease can inform prevention building from cohort data to synthesis of behavior, cohort, and population evidence.