RT Book, Section
A1 Soran, Atilla
A1 Vogel, Victor G.
A2 Kuerer, Henry M.
SR Print(0)
ID 6406333
T1 Chapter 10. Chemoprevention in the Clinical Setting
T2 Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160178-8
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6406333
RD 2024/04/19
AB Breast  cancer  is  a  complex  disease,  resulting  from  the  interaction  of  nonmodifiable  factors  such  as  an  individual's  genome,  age  at  menarche,  menopause,  and  family  history;  along  with  modifiable  risk  factors  such  as  environmental,  hormonal,  and  lifestyle  factors  The  goal  of  preventing  breast  cancer  is  to  identify  high-risk  individuals  who  would  benefit  most  from  preventive  therapies  such  as  chemoprevention  and  risk-reducing  surgeries.  Chemoprevention  can  be  defined  as  the  use  of  natural  or  synthetic  chemical  agents  to  reverse,  suppress,  or  prevent  carcinogenic  progression  to  invasive  cancer.1-5