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- Title
Review of research on cancer prevention at the Institute of Oncology, Vilnius University.
- Authors
Griciūtė, Laima; Uleckienė, Saulė
- Abstract
Research on the scientific bases of cancer prevention was carried out in several directions by the scientists of the Institute of Oncology, Vilnius University: epidemiological studies, quantitative analyses of chemical carcinogens in the environment, and investigations of the possibilities of the body to avoid cancer, i. e. studies of the immune and antioxidative systems in the situations preventing cancer risk. The activity of new kind, cancer chemoprevention, was carried out on experimental animals. At present, the prevalence of HPV in Lithuania and types of this virus are being studied. Attention was payed to the education of students, medical staff as well as information of the population on cancer risk and possibilities to avoid it. Several books and a great number of booklets and leaflets on cancer prevention were published.
- Subjects
LITHUANIA; CANCER prevention; PAPILLOMAVIRUSES; HEALTH services administration; VILNIAUS Universitetas. Institute of Oncology
- Publication
Acta Medica Lituanica, 2007, Vol 14, Issue 3, p146
- ISSN
1392-0138
- Publication type
Article