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Descriptor English: Chemoprevention
Descriptor Spanish: Quimioprevención
Descriptor quimioprevención
Entry term(s) quimioprofilaxis
Scope note: Empleo de compuestos químicos para prevenir el desarrollo de una enfermedad concreta.
Descriptor Portuguese: Quimioprevenção
Descriptor French: Chimioprévention
Entry term(s): Chemoprophylaxis
Tree number(s): E02.319.162
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018890
Scope note: The use of chemical compounds to prevent the development of a specific disease.
Annotation: IM general or unspecified only; prefer specific chemotherapeutic agent /ther use and disease /prev
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: specific disease/prevention & control (1966-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Entry Version: CHEMOPREV
Related: Anticarcinogenic Agents MeSH
Secondary Prevention MeSH
DeCS ID: 32808
Unique ID: D018890
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/12/27
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Chemoprevention - Preferred
Concept UI M0028249
Scope note The use of chemical compounds to prevent the development of a specific disease.
Preferred term Chemoprevention
Entry term(s) Chemoprophylaxis



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