Cancer chemoprevention. A new way to treat cancer before it happens
Krishnan, K.; Ruffin, M.T.; Brenner, D.E.
Primary Care 25(2): 361-379
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0095-4543 PMID: 9628956 Document Number: 489337
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.