title: Genetics of cancer: current knowledge and future possibilities.
abstract: For many years there has been scepticism among clinicians and cancer epidemiologists as to whether cancer was a genetic disease or could be hereditary. It is only in the last 10 years that developments in molecular biology have proven the hereditary nature of a small proportion of certain common cancers. That cancer is now indisputably 'genetic' at the cellular level is beyond dispute.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, St Mary's Hospital.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D003123:Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / Q000235:genetics; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005544:Forecasting; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D005817:Genetic Counseling / Q000379:methods; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans; D009386:Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / Q000235:genetics*; D009857:Oncogenes