Open AccessChemoprevention: A new concept for cancer prevention in primary care
Author(s) -
Jon Emery,
Peter Nguyen,
Jesse Minshall,
Kara-Lynne Cummings,
Joseph T. Walker
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
australian journal of general practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2208-794X
pISSN - 2208-7958
DOI - 10.31128/ajgp-07-18-4644
Subject(s) - primary prevention , cancer prevention , medicine , primary care , cancer , secondary prevention , aspirin , breast cancer , family medicine , colorectal cancer , disease
Prevention of cancer in primary care has focused on modifying behaviours associated with increased risk of cancer (primary prevention) or increasing participation in national cancer screening programs (secondary prevention). On the basis of metaanalyses of large prevention trials, a new paradigm in primary prevention – chemoprevention – is beginning to enter the realms of primary care for specific populations.