Multistep and multifactorial carcinogenesis: when does a contributing factor become a carcinogen?

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Our greatest successes in fighting cancer derive from the identification and removal or inactivation of carcinogenic substances, and from the identification and removal of pre-malignant lesions. In comparison, our successes at treating already formed malignancies have been minimal. Therefore, emphasis should be put in identifying and removing pre-malignant lesions, and in the identification and removal of those...

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