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Cancer prevention: When knowledge of cancer prevention is not enough [PDF]
Cancer, 2020 It has long been recognized that knowledge of cancer can influence an individual’s lifestyle and health behaviors, and it is hoped that policy makers and medical professionals will use cancer knowledge as a tool in the fight against cancer. However, it is important not only for levels of cancer prevention knowledge to be increased in the community but ...
Xue Qin Yu, Peter Baade
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The Prevention of Cancer [PDF]
Drug Metabolism Reviews, 1998 1. The major causes of cancer are as follows: (a) Smoking: about a third of U.S. cancer (90% of lung cancer). (b) Dietary imbalances, e.g., lack of dietary fruits and vegetables: The quarter of the population eating the least fruits and vegetables has double the cancer rate for most types of cancer compared to the quarter eating the most ...
B N, Ames, L S, Gold
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Cancer prevention: cervical cancer [PDF]
ecancermedicalscience, 2019 Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, and the seventh overall, with an estimated 528,000 new cases and 266,000 deaths in 2012 [1]. Almost nine out of ten (87%) cervical cancer deaths occur in the less-developed regions of the world. The cervical cancer incidence significantly increases after 20 years of age and peaks at 50 years of
Ngoma, Mamsau, Autier, Philippe
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Cancer Prevention Europe [PDF]
Molecular Oncology, 2019 The case for cancer prevention in Europe is the same as for all other parts of the world. The number of cancers is increasing, driven by demographic change and evolution in the exposure to risk factors, while the cost of treating patients is likewise spiralling.
Wild, Christopher P. +14 more
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Nature, 2014 Liver cancer is difficult to treat, and lethal if not caught early. But its most common causes, such as hepatitis viruses and obesity, can be prevented.
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Nutrition and Cancer Prevention
International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology, 2012 Cancer cells invade surrounding tissues and metastasize to distant sites. Diet high in fat is a strong link to, and perhaps causes, a high incidence of tumours. Trans-fatty acid might impair the function and it could be involved in the development of cancer.
TETE', Stefano +17 more
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Prostate cancer prevention [PDF]
Current Opinion in Urology, 2004 Prostate cancer, a common cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed world, ought to be a preventable disease. This review focuses on prostate cancer prevention in the context of new mechanistic insights into human prostatic carcinogenesis.Evidence is accumulating to implicate infection and inflammation as contributors to prostate cancer ...
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Breast Cancer Prevention [PDF]
The Oncologist, 1999 Abstract Epidemiological, experimental, and clinical data strongly support the possibility that breast cancer will be prevented by using anti-estrogenic interventions in healthy women. Three trials involving over 20,000 women have so far been reported using tamoxifen 20 mg/day or placebo in healthy women to chemoprevent breast cancer ...
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 Background: The cancer burden in Israel is substantial. Recently calculated population attributable fractions (PAFs) for modifiable cancer risk factors in the US and the UK have indicated much room for prevention. Our aim was to estimate PAFs for selected modifiable cancer risk factors in Israel.
Avi Magid +2 more
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JNCI and Cancer Prevention [PDF]
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2015 The Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI), with its broad coverage of bench research, epidemiologic studies, and clinical trials, has a long history of publishing practice-changing studies in cancer prevention and public health. These include studies of tobacco cessation, chemoprevention, and nutrition.
Barbara K, Dunn +2 more
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