Retinoids and cancer chemoprevention
Appl. cancer res
; 30(4): 325-335, 2010.
Article
in English
| LILACS, Inca
| ID: lil-658321
Responsible library:
BR30.1
ABSTRACT
The concept of chemoprevention is based on the identification of biological events that occur early in the epithelium and marked events for preventing the progression of malignancy. Retinoids are all the natural or synthetic structural analogues of vitamin A. These substances regulate several important cell functions such as modification of cell growth and differentiation. Several retinoids have been effective in the chemoprevention and treatment of various human cancers, especially epithelial cancer
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
LILACS
/
Inca
Main subject:
Retinoids
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Vitamin A
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Isotretinoin
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Chemoprevention
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Neoplasms
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Appl. cancer res
Journal subject:
Neoplasms
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Oeste São Paulo (UNIOESTE)/BR
