Chemoprevention
Definition
Chemoprevention is the attempt to prevent cancer from developing by using substances that interfere in the process of carcinogenesis.
Purpose
Clinical trials are currently investigating chemoprevention for people at high risk of certain cancers. For instance, to prevent breast cancer in the second breast of women who have already been treated for breast cancer, or women who have never had breast cancer but are determined to be at high risk; or to prevent colon cancer in people with a...
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