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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(5):340-342; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.5.340
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 5, 340-342, March 7, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

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Preventive Oncology Recognizes 25 Years of Discoveries

Tom Reynolds

In 1975, cancer researcher and chronicler Michael Shimkin, M.D., of the University of California, San Diego, declared it "the right time to propose a new specialty, Preventive Oncology," which he hoped would take a leadership role in the nascent field of preventive medicine.

Shimkin (Preventive Medicine, June 1975) made the distinction between primary and secondary prevention; pointed to the natural history and effect of treatment on premalignant lesions and the effectiveness of interventions, such as screening mammography, as high-priority, under-researched areas in cancer prevention; and predicted that people of the future will visit "preventories" to undergo screening tests, receive health education, and even engage in community activism on health-related issues such as "air pollution, water supplies, and industrial incursions."

Another writer in that era, John Lee, M.D., of the University of Washington, Seattle, lauded progress against occupational carcinogens, many of which had already been banned or controlled (. . . [Full Text of this Article]


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