Current strategies of cancer chemoprevention: 13th Sapporo cancer seminar.

Transforming growth factor-β signaling and cancer: the 28th Sapporo Cancer Seminar, 25-27 June 2008.

The Sapporo Cancer Seminars have been held annually since 1981. The 28th Sapporo Cancer Seminar was held on 26-27 June 2008 at the Hokkaido University Conference Hall, focusing on transforming growth factor (TGF)-β signaling and cancer. More than 150 scientists participated in the seminar, and it provided a great deal of information on the role of TGF-β signaling in carcinogenesis and tumor met...

Prevention of life-style related diseases in Sri Lanka.

In addition to sponsoring yearly international cancer research conferences in Sapporo, Japan, the Sapporo Cancer Seminar Foundation has long been involved in projects in Sri Lanka to improve the health of its people. Together with staff of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency office in Colombo, Dr Hiroshi Kobayashi of the Foundation has been sponsoring a number of activities focusing o...

volume 6 , supplement 1,summer 2012 (presented at 13th Royan Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine and 7th Royan Nursing and Midwifery Seminar)

Breast cancer chemoprevention--an update.

This article reviews the recent findings of the IBIS-1 and ATAC trials regarding the role of tamoxifen and anastrozole in the chemoprevention of breast cancer. It also emphasises the need to individualise chemoprevention strategies, and to identify high-risk women who are most likely to develop oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer. The prevention of ER-negative disease requires furthe...

Chemoprevention of cancer.

Cancer chemoprevention is defined as the use of natural, synthetic, or biologic chemical agents to reverse, suppress, or prevent carcinogenic progression to invasive cancer. The success of several recent clinical trials in preventing cancer in high-risk populations suggests that chemoprevention is a rational and appealing strategy. This review will highlight current clinical research in chemopr...