title: Markers of risk for human malignancies.
abstract: Markers of risk of human cancer fall into many categories. This article is limited to heritable genetic markers of specific familial cancer syndromes as examples of measurable markers of cancer risk. Dominantly inherited cancer susceptibility genes confer risks of cancer often greater than any known environmental exposure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Control, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Garber
mesh_terms: D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D005819:Genetic Markers; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D009857:Oncogenes / Q000502:physiology; D010375:Pedigree; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers