The future of cancer prevention.
OBJECTIVE
To hypothesize on the future of cancer prevention based on past and current progress of the field, as well as possible assimilation of knowledge in other fields that may be applied to cancer prevention.


METHODS
Peer-reviewed research and federal government reports.


CONCLUSIONS
Cancer prevention will exist in the future as an important public health strategy involving lifestyle and medical approaches that include behavior in relation to risk factors, chemoprevention, biomarker assessment, vaccines, and emerging technologies to better identify individuals at risk for cancer.


CONCLUSIONS
In the future nurses will play an enhanced role in cancer prevention through their efforts supporting risk assessment, education, and medical approaches in an expanded role with diagnostic testing, and support for prevention clinical trials.
Greenwald
Peter
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Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6130 Executive Blvd, Room 2040, 31 Center Dr, MSC 2580, Bethesda, MD 20892-7309, USA. pg37g@nih.gov
D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D018570:Risk Assessment