PRIMARY CANCER PREVENTION TRIALS - 04/09/11
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Much progress in clinical cancer chemoprevention has occurred since the first National Cancer Institute (NCI) workshop devoted to Chemoprevention Clinical Trials— Problems and Solutions in May 1984.9, 16 Today, there is a well-established drug development program in the NCI Division of Cancer Prevention, many prevention-oriented Investigational New Drug Applications are on file at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a dedicated group of researchers is committed to translating the promising findings of preclinical prevention studies into human trials, one agent has been specifically FDA approved for the risk reduction or prevention of cancer, and increasing levels of private investment indicate public confidence that cancer can be prevented.19, 47, 48 Nevertheless, a brief review of the proceedings from the 1984 workshop reveals that the challenges involved in translating the promise of cancer prevention into a clinical reality remain and indeed may now be even more complex.3, 92, 99
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| Address reprint requests to Scott M. Lippman, MD, Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Box 236, Houston, TX 77030, slippman@notes.mdacc.tmc.edu Supported in part by Public Health Service Grant CA16672 from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services (M.D. Anderson Cancer Center). |
Vol 14 - N° 4
P. 809-830 - août 2000 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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