Chemoprevention: An Overview of Pharmacologic Agents and Nursing Considerations
| Autor: | Jean Boucher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Inflammation
Carcinogenesis business.industry Cancer chemoprevention Cancer Antineoplastic Agents medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Chemoprevention Biologic Agents Nursing Neoplasms medicine Humans General Earth and Planetary Sciences Disease prevention business DNA Damage Signal Transduction General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. 22:350-353 |
| ISSN: | 1538-067X 1092-1095 |
| DOI: | 10.1188/18.cjon.350-353 |
| Popis: | Cancer chemoprevention involves the use of synthetic and biologic agents as targeted therapies for disease prevention, reduction, or suppression. Mechanisms of blocking or suppressing cancer-related pathways include processes of carcinogenesis, chronic inflammatory responses, DNA modulation, and signal transduction. This column provides an update on pharmacologic agents and nursing considerations for chemoprevention. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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