Cancer chemoprevention. A new way to treat cancer before it happens.
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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Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA.
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D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018890:Chemoprevention / Q000379:methods*; D003043:Cocarcinogenesis; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors
D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor