Types of Prevention Trials
This information may interest you if you have a higher risk for a certain type
of cancer than most people, or you may want to learn about ways to prevent
cancer. There are two types of prevention clinical trials that study ways to
reduce the risk of getting cancer:
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Action studies (doing something) These focus on finding
out whether actions people take, such as getting more exercise or quitting
smoking, can prevent cancer.
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Agent studies (taking something) These studies (also
called
chemoprevention studies) focus on learning whether taking
certain medicines, vitamins, minerals, or food supplements can prevent cancer.
This information focuses on agent studies designed to prevent cancer. When "cancer
prevention trials or studies" are mentioned in this resource, they
refer only to agent studies. If you want to learn more about
other types of
clinical trials, including other types of prevention studies,
the
resources page can help you.
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