Breast cancer chemoprevention: current status and future directions.
Cancer prevention is a relatively young concept. Perhaps the greatest strides in cancer research that have been made in the prevention arena have been in breast cancer. In this article we examine the meaning of "prevention" and discuss several of the trials under way or completed, including the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) Breast Cancer Prevention Trial. Semin Oncol 28:253-259.
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National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, East Commons Professional Building, Four Allegheny Center, 5th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA.
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D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D020849:Raloxifene Hydrochloride / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020845:Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents; D020845:Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators; D013629:Tamoxifen; D020849:Raloxifene Hydrochloride