Abstract
Today, millions of people are living with cancer or have had cancer. The risk of developing most types of cancer can be reduced by changes in a person’s lifestyle or by adopting primary intervention strategies. Often, the sooner a cancer is found and treatment begins, the better are the chances for living for many years. Cancer is a disorder of cell proliferation and it is the leading global cause of death. Cancer research has traditionally focused on allocating bioactive components for the cancer prevention by eliminating cancerous cells and cellular carcinogenesis metabolites. Carcinogenesis is a multistage process that is distinguished with two steps; the first step is called initiation that occurs when cells are exposed to cancer-producing agents, which damage the cell’s deoxynucleic acid. The second step is called promotion which occurs when the cancerous cells divided subsequently, and this post ignition step is characterized by neoplasia and DNA adducts formation. Cancer morbidity and mortality afflicts both genders, and at a global level, there are about 945,000 new cancer cases and 620,000.
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Waly, M.I., Rahman, M.S. (2018). Garlic Preventive Effect on Cancer Development. In: Waly, M., Rahman, M. (eds) Bioactive Components, Diet and Medical Treatment in Cancer Prevention. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75693-6_6
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