Prostate cancer is a major health problem for the aging male population. Despite hormonal dependence, the inevitable emergence of androgen insensitive tumors, which have a dismal prognosis, highlights the need to develop prevention strategies such as chernoprevention. An acceptable agent must interf
Chemoprevention strategies for the control of cancer
โ Scribed by Scott M. Lippman; Steven E. Benner; Waun Ki Hong
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 769 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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