Chemoprevention of lung cancer: Prospects and disappointments in human clinical trials

Cancers

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-148

  Greenberg, Alissa K ^a   Tsay, Jun Chieh ^a   Tchou Wong, Kam Meng ^a   Jorgensen, Anna ^a   Rom, William N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatories; Antioxidants; Biomarkers; Carcinogenesis; Chemoprevention; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; 3 INDOLEMETHANOL; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BUDESONIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOTRETINOIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR; MESNA; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA AGONIST; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; PROSTACYCLIN DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE B INHIBITOR; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; SELENIUM; SELENOMETHIONINE; STEROID; SULFORAPHANE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BRASSICACEAE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84875278623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers5010131     Document Type: Review

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