A METHOD OF USING A TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF PRECANCEROSES AND BENIGN AND MALIGNANT TUMOURS OF EPITHELIAL AND MESENCHYMAL NATURE

摘要

1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-1,1,4,4-tetramethyl-6-( alpha -methylstyryl)naphthalene possesses antihyperplastic, antimetaplastic, antineoplastic tumor-preventative and tumor-therapeutic properties and can accordingly be used in the treatment of precancerous or premalignant lesions as well as in the treatment of malignant tumors of epithelial and mesenchymal nature.