Cancer chemoprevention. A new way to treat cancer before it happens.

Krishnan, K; Ruffin, M T; Brenner, D E · Prim Care · 1998

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Abstract

Cancer chemoprevention uses noncytotoxic drugs or nutrients to prevent, retard, or delay carcinogenesis. The future of cancer chemoprevention depends on understanding key cellular growth and proliferation-controlling events, developing markers of molecular carcinogenesis, surrogate endpoint biomarkers, and targeted chemopreventive approaches.

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