Handbook of Cancer Control and Behavioral Science A Resource for Researchers, Practitioners, and Policymakers

"This volume makes a landmark contribution to explicating the role of behavioral science in oncology, set in the framework of the cancer control continuum, encompassing theory, methodology, state of the science, application and dissemination, and policy. The handbook is a tour de force - a ready-made curriculum, a vital resource volume, and a transdisciplinary guide, crafted by the leading scientists in the field. Reaching across disciplines, the handbook will be of interest to any researcher, clinician, or health professional who wishes to understand how the behavioral and social sciences make a critical and integral contribution to the scientific, medical, and societal conquest of cancer."--BOOK JACKET.

Suzanne M. Miller, PhD, is senior member of the Division of Population Science at Fox Chase Cancer Center and the director of the Psychosocial and Behavioral Medicine Program, the Behavioral Core Facility, and the Behavioral Center of Excellence in Breast Cancer. She is also the director of the Intervention Development and Measurement Core of the Cancer Information Service Research Consortium. Her funded research focuses on applying biobehavioral principles to promote the uptake of cancer prevention and control technologies. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society of Behavioral Medicine and serves in leadership positions in the Society of Behavioral Medicine, the American Society of Preventive Oncology, and the American Psychosocial Oncology Society. She received the Partners in Research Award from the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service and the Cancer Control Award from the American Cancer Society. Her most recent published volume, Individuals, Families, and the New Era of Genomics: Biopsychosocial Perspectives (2006), received a number of book awards.
 
Deborah J. Bowen, PhD, is a full professor and chair in the Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, at Boston University. Dr. Bowen is currently an investigator in the regional Cancer Prevention Network, focused on community-based research on cancer prevention targets. She is a coinvestigator on the regional Native American Community Health Network, a group of investigators and community health experts working to conduct research and training in Native American communities in the western United States. Dr. Bowen has been an investigator in the coordinating centers of three large multicenter prevention trials of health behavior change.
 
Robert T. Croyle, PhD, is the director of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute. Previously, he was the division's associate director for behavioral research. Before moving to the National Cancer Institute in 1998, Dr. Croyle was a professor of psychology and member of the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah. Dr. Croyle received his PhD in social psychology from Princeton University and his BA in psychology from the University of Washington. His research has focused on psychological responses to risk-factor testing and screening. In 2002, Dr. Croyle received a Meritorious Research Service Commendation from the American Psychological Association Board of Scientific Affairs.
 
Julia H. Rowland, PhD, is the director of the Office of Cancer Survivorship at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as well as a long-time clinician, researcher, and teacher in the area of psychosocial aspects of cancer. She has worked and conducted research among both pediatric and adult cancer survivors and their families, published broadly in psychooncology, and coedited the groundbreaking text Handbook of Psychooncology: Psychological Care of the Patient With Cancer (1989). Dr. Rowland received her PhD in developmental psychology from Columbia University and trained and worked at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City for many years. She served as founding director of the Psycho-Oncology Program at Georgetown University and the Lombardi Cancer Center prior to joining the NCI.