Chemopreventive strategies in hepatocellular carcinoma

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-54

  Singh, Siddharth ^a   Singh, Preet Paul ^a   Roberts, Lewis R ^a   Sanchez, William ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CURCUMIN; ENTECAVIR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; INTERFERON; METFORMIN; MEVALONIC ACID; MEVINOLIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA AGONIST; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROTEIN BCL 2; RESVERATROL; SIMVASTATIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SULFONYLUREA;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COFFEE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ASPIRIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOPREVENTION; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84891740035     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2013.143     Document Type: Review

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