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(Chest. 1993;103:60S-62S.)
© 1993 American College of Chest Physicians

Chemoprophylaxis Strategies in High-Risk Groups With an Emphasis on Lung Cancer

Gary E. Goodman M.D.1

1 Swedish Hospital Tumor Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle.

The elimination of tobacco use in our environment would greatly decrease the incidence of lung cancer. Barring achievement of this laudable goal, secondary prevention can be used to prevent lung cancer in individuals who have successfully quit smoking, as well as in those who are unable to stop. Screening for the presence of predictive cellular and molecular changes will enable us to select those individuals who truly require intervention with a chemoprophylactic agent.






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