MedicinePreventive MedicineCancer PreventionDisease PreventionEarly DetectionPrimary Prevention
More than half of cancers can be prevented by taking advantage of current knowledge [(1][1], [2][2], [3][3], [4)][4] . Highest on the list of avoidable causes is, of course, cigarette smoking; approximately one-third of cancers could be prevented if smoking was eliminated. The combination of good