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Mechanisms of disease: Prostate cancer--a model for cancer chemoprevention in clinical practice.

Canby-Hagino ED, Thompson IM

Department of Urology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. canbyhagino@uthscsa.edu

Prostate cancer is a significant cause of cancer death, making it an attractive target for chemoprevention. Epidemiologic studies and the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial indicate that chemoprevention is possible. Strategies for prevention include hormonal manipulation and limiting accumulation of genetic damage with anti-inflammatory agents and/or dietary antioxidants. Development of an effective chemoprevention strategy for prostate cancer is evolving and will likely serve as a model for chemoprevention of other adult malignancies.

Published 2 November 2005 in Nat Clin Pract Oncol, 2(5): 255-61.
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