Columbia Weill Cornell Cancer Centers Prevention Newsletter



	Fall 2003, Issue 2 Home From the Editors Calendar of Events

	Reducing Cancer Risk We Can't Breathe Easy Yet Breast and Ovarian Cancer Prevention in High-Risk Women The Anticancer Properties of Selective COX-2 Inhibitors Radical Prostatectomy and its Impact on the Effectiveness of Screening for Prostate Cancer Patient Selection for Breast Cancer Screening News from the NCI Issues & Insights Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Cancer Prevention Legislation (Federal) Cancer Prevention Legislation (State) Make Your Voice Heard Other Information Resources

Letter From the Editors



	Andrew J. Dannenberg, MD (left) and Alfred I. Neugut, MD, PhD

Recently, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the leading cancer treatment organization in the US, made cancer prevention a major emphasis. This recognizes what we believe the future will hold- that oncologists will spend significant time recommending medications for cancer prevention rather than solely for cancer treatment, in addition to providing lifestyle recommendations aimed at reducing cancer risk.

Is this far-fetched? One need look no further than our colleagues in cardiology. Nowadays, the average cardiologist spends a substantial portion of his/her time treating hypertension, high cholesterol, and tobacco abuse, as well as prescribing physical activity, weight reduction regimens, and prophylactic aspirin use. Will this same prevention-focused scenario happen tomorrow in the field of oncology? No, but some future day will witness this redefinition of the oncologist's role. Each day of research does bring us closer as investigators continue and expand their studies in preventive oncology, so that some day in the future this scenario will become reality.

In this issue of Cancer Prevention, we bring you some of the cutting edge information in the world of preventive oncology that we hope will bring us to the same point, some day, as in preventive cardiology.

The Editors
Andrew J. Dannenberg, MD
Henry R. Erle, MD-Roberts Family Professor of Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Co-Director
Cancer Prevention Program
Columbia Weill Cornell Cancer Centers
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Alfred I. Neugut, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Head of Cancer Prevention and Control
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health
Co-Director
Cancer Prevention Program
Columbia Weill Cornell Cancer Centers
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital


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