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Cancer Therapy
Chemoprevention in clinical oncology discussed
December 8th, 2005
Scientists discussed the value of chemoprevention in clinical oncology. According to a study from Italy, "Chemoprevention is by now an emerging area of clinical oncology addressed to healthy individuals at higher risk for cancer, subjects with precancerous conditions, and patients who are at risk for a second primary cancer. The important results of large trials with various agents and the more accurate methods of risk assessment have already had implications in clinical practice." "Recently, a number of compounds have shown to be clinically effective at various organ levels, often covering all the three settings of primary, secondary and tertiary...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-08)
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