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Chemoprevention of lung cancer.
Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.) - 1 Oct 1999
Hong W K
Abstract excerpt
Chemoprevention is defined as the use of specific natural or pharmacologic agents to reverse, suppress, or prevent the carcinogenic process to the development of invasive cancer. The basic idea behind lung cancer chemoprevention is the concept that diffuse injury of the respiratory epithelium results from chronic carcinogen exposure. The rationale for chemoprevention arose from epidemiologic data demonstrating...
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