title: Cancer chemoprevention. A new way to treat cancer before it happens.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Ruffin
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Brenner
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor