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Despite major therapeutic progress over the last twenty years, cancer often remains an incurable disease or leaves many after-effects among cured patients.
However, in about fifty percent of cases, cancer could be nowadays avoided.
This chapter studies such avoidable cancers and the prevention measures to be taken. Cancer prevention is an important new role for physicians in the 21st century. To avoid physicians being considered as moralising or infringing on personal freedom, an active prevention policy should be based on scientific knowledge.
Epidemiological data
Main causes of cancers
Prevention policy
Genetic predispositions
Genetic counselling
Chemoprevention
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