Medicine

Mechanistic cancer prevention comes of age.

Anbalakan Paramasivam, David Crosby, J. Janus, Phil Prime

2026.2.1TRENDS IN CANCER

DOI: 10.1016/j.trecan.2026.01.002

tlooto Summary

As a new generation of mechanistically based strategies begins to take shape, cancer prevention is poised to enter a new era.

Abstract

Historically underfunded and dominated by epidemiological and behavioural research, cancer prevention is now able to embrace mechanistic insights that enable targeted, biologically grounded interventions. As a new generation of mechanistically based strategies begins to take shape, cancer prevention is poised to enter a new era.

Citation format

PARAMASIVAM, Anbalakan, et al. Mechanistic cancer prevention comes of age. TRENDS IN CANCER, 2026, 12(4): 304–306.