Definitions for "PREVENTION TRIALS"
Trials involving healthy people who are at high risk for developing cancer. These trials try to answer specific questions about and evaluate the effectiveness of ways to reduce the risk of cancer.
Studies involving healthy people who are at high risk for developing cancer. Prevention Trials try to answer specific questions about cancer risk and evaluate the effectiveness of ways to reduce cancer risk.
A treatment, procedure, or lifestyle change is studied to see if a medical condition or disease can be prevented. For example, studying a new vaccine to show that it will prevent the disease it is designed to prevent.