Strategy for cancer control

ABSTRACT

Current evidence indicates that carcinogenesis is a multi-stage process. [Table 1]. In the first stage which is of a short duration initiators or carcinogens act on the genes [DNA] of the susceptible cells causing a mutation or alteration. Promoters or co-carcinogens then act upon these transformed cells to make them neoplastic. The first stage of initiation is episodic. Most of the Initiators [carcinogens] and the majority of the Promoters are in the environment. It has been estimated that about 80% of the human cancers are caused by environmental factors. If these environmental factors can be identified then efforts can be made to either eliminate them