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Behavioral Oncology and the War on Cancer: Partnering with Biomedicine

¹ Behavioral Research Center, American Cancer Society; ² Emory Prevention Research Center, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; ³ University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky; ⁴ Tobacco Use Research Center, Department of Psychiatry and Annenberg Public Policy Center, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and ⁵ Fox Chase Cancer Center, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania

Requests for reprints: Michael E. Stefanek, Behavioral Research Center, American Cancer Society, 250 Williams Street, Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30303. Phone: 404-329-7795; Fax: 404-929-6832; E-mail: michael.stefanek{at}cancer.org.

Key Words: Behavioral Oncology • Behavioral Science and Cancer

Abstract

The call for interdisciplinary research in the war on cancer has escalated over the past several years. Behavioral science has played a key role in cancer control, and several exciting opportunities exist and will develop with the ongoing significant advances made in biomedical science. The current article briefly reviews the maturity of behavioral science in the areas of prevention, early detection, and survivorship and how the partnership of behavioral and biomedical science can effectively impact cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality. [Cancer Res 2009;69(18):7151–6]