Lung Cancer Prevention

Findings from H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center advance knowledge in lung cancer prevention

Published in Cancer Weekly, October 23rd, 2007

Researchers detail in 'Lung cancer chemoprevention: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd Edition),' new data in lung cancer. According to recent research published in the journal Chest, "' Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in the United States. Cigarette smoking is the main risk factor."

"Former smokers are at a substantially increased risk for lung cancer compared with lifetime never-smokers. Chemoprevention is the use of specific agents to reverse, suppress, or prevent the process of carcinogenesis. This article reviews the major agents that have been studied for chemoprevention. Articles of primary, secondary, and tertiary...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-10-23)

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