Title | Chemoprevention of Cancer [electronic resource] : A Clinical Update / edited by Hans-Jรถrg Senn, Alberto Costa, V. Craig Jordan |
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Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1999 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59945-3 |
Descript | IX, 137 p. 1 illus. in color. online resource |
I. Smoking, Genetics and Cancer -- Is There a Genetic Basis for Lung Cancer Susceptibility? -- Chemoprevention of Head and Neck and Lung (Pre)Cancer -- II. Targets and Markers for Cancer Prevention -- Rationale and Mechanisms of Cancer Chemoprevention -- Metabolic Targets of Cancer Chemoprevention: Interruption of Tumor Development by Inhibitors of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism -- III. Identification of Meaningful High Risk Groups for Cancer Chemoprevention -- Prognostic Implications of Cancer Susceptibility Genes: Any News? -- Identification of the Woman at Risk for Breast Cancer: Problem Solved? -- Development of a New Prevention Maintenance Therapy for Postmenopausal Women -- IV. Clinical Cancer Chemoprevention -- Chemoprevention of Human Cancer: A Reasonable Strategy? -- Chemoprevention of Colorectal Cancer