Etiologic evidence and primary prevention of cancer.

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For many decades, primary prevention of cancer was implemented on the basis of evidence for a causal relationship between exposure and human cancer that took into consideration biological plausibility, but did not depend on the degree of understanding of the underlying mechanisms. One of the credos of public health is that primary prevention can be implemented before reaching a complete understanding of...

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