European Journal of Cancer
Volume 41, Issue 13 , Pages 1831-1832 , September 2005

Cancer chemoprevention – An update on a (still) novel and exciting field of oncology

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PII: S0959-8049(05)00515-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.07.001

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 41, Issue 13 , Pages 1831-1832 , September 2005