The genetic bases of cancer.
Two different views are presently offered to explain the cancer epidemiological data. One relies on the assumption that cancer is environmentally caused whereas the other assumes that genetic determinants are playing a major role in the pathogenesis of human malignancies. Applying genetic approaches the dissection of the genetic components of cancer is shown and explained.
Taramelli
Roberto
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Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze Molecolari, Universita' dell'Insubria, Via JH Dunant 3 Varese, Italy. Roberto.taramelli@uninsubria.it
D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*