Cancers chemoprevention by dietary phytochemicals and traditional Chinese medicines:epigenetics and cellular signaling pathways

• 作者: Ah-Ng Tony Kong Siwang Yu
• 来源期刊: 中国药学（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2016,（4）
• 所属期刊栏目: 编者按
• 页码范围: 233-234
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 中文

摘要

The incidence and mortality of cancer have been increasing alarmingly in China and worldwide[1].Unlike other chronic diseases such as metabolic,cardiovascular,and neuropathies,most cancers,especially metastatic ones,are still essentially uncontrollable in spite of significant progresses such as early diagnosis and immunotherapies.Fortunately,human cancer generally takes about 10-30 years to develop;hence there is a window of opportunity to prevent cancer before it becoming metastatic and radio/chemotherapeutic resistant.Indeed,prevention has made huge contribution to cancer control in the United States and some European countries,and chemoprevention is one of the most attractive strategies[2].