Cancer Epidemiology

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Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. Therefore, public health professionals need to know the basic principles and methods of cancer epidemiology. This course will provide a foundation in basic cancer biology, the frequency of disease for the most common cancers, study design, data analysis, and the interpretation of data for cancer epidemiologic studies. The goal is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to apply epidemiologic methods to design and conduct cancer studies, to know study limitations due to biases, and to critically evaluate epidemiologic studies.