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cancer prevention

Known as: prevention of cancer 
All methods of preventing cancer including limit of exposure to carcinogens and infectious agents, diet, education, etc
National Institutes of Health

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Breast Self-Examination

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Molecular targets of phytochemicals for cancer prevention
Although successful for a limited number of tumour types, the efficacy of cancer therapies, especially for late-stage disease… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Recent advances in the study on capsaicinoids and capsinoids.
Review
2007
Review
2007
Fatalistic Beliefs about Cancer Prevention and Three Prevention Behaviors
Background: A substantial proportion of US adults hold fatalistic beliefs about cancer prevention. Although evidence suggests… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Flavones and flavone synthases.
Review
2004
Review
2004
Diet and cancer prevention
Dietary effects are presumed to underlie many of the large international differences in incidence seen for most cancers. Apart… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Review: Dietary Flavonoids and Cancer Risk: Evidence From Human Population Studies
Abstract: High dietary intake of fruits and vegetables is consistently associated with a reduced risk of common human cancers… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Cyclooxygenases in cancer: progress and perspective.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Weight control and physical activity in cancer prevention
Overweight and obesity have reached epidemic dimensions worldwide, mainly due to consumption of high energy diets and increased… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Physical activity and cancer prevention: from observational to intervention research.
The purpose of this review is to articulate how progress in epidemiological research on physical activity and cancer prevention… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Effects of selenium supplementation for cancer prevention in patients with carcinoma of the skin. A randomized controlled trial. Nutritional Prevention of Cancer Study Group.
  • L. ClarkG. Combs Taylor
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
  • 1996
  • Corpus ID: 27409632
OBJECTIVE To determine whether a nutritional supplement of selenium will decrease the incidence of cancer. DESIGN A multicenter… 
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