Cancer remains one of the most lethal diseases worldwide. There is an urgent need for new
drugs with novel modes of action and thus considerable research has been conducted for …

We describe here the main natural compounds used in cancer therapy and prevention, the
historical aspects of their application and pharmacognosy. Two major applications of these …

Background To update the pattern of cancer mortality in Europe. Materials and methods We
analysed cancer mortality in 34 European countries during 2000–2004, with an overview of …

Background Data and statistics on cancer mortality over the last decades are available for
most developed countries, while they are more difficult to obtain, in a standardized and …

Background Cancer mortality peaked in the European Union (EU) in the late 1980s and
declined thereafter. Materials and methods We analyzed EU cancer mortality data provided …

Mortality data, abstracted from the World Health Organization database, are presented in
tabular form for 26 cancer sites or groups of sites, plus total cancer mortality, in 36 European …

We have considered trends in incidence and mortality in 28 European countries using
incidence data from successive volumes of Cancer Incidence in Five Continents and …

Trends in mortality from breast cancer over the period 1970–2000 were analysed for 38
European countries and the European Union (EU). Age-standardized mortality rates were …

In this paper we summarize the work on the development of trans-platinum complexes as
antitumor agents during the last 15 years. We review the structures and chemical properties …

Various active anticancer agents are derived from plants and terrestrial microorganisms.
Isolation of C-nucleosides from the Caribbean sponge, Cryptotheca crypta, four decades …