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SUBMITTER: Dunn BK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5271581 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dunn Barbara K BK Kramer Barnett S BS
Trends in cancer 20161201 12
In this review, we address selected areas that are central to the state-of-the-art of cancer prevention science. The emphasis on prevention as a viable and critical approach to decreasing cancer mortality has gained traction in recent years, evidenced by its inclusion in the US Vice President's Cancer Initiative (also termed 'Moonshot'). Cancer prevention occurs by arresting, slowing down, or reversing the carcinogenic process before invasion into surrounding tissue or by avoiding or blocking ca ...[more]