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Cancer genetics.

W F Bodmer
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The fundamental ideas on the causes of cancer have been known for some time. They can now be interpreted in terms of the notion that cancer is essentially a genetic disease at the cellular level. The aim of this introductory article is to provide a brief overview of these ideas and the evidence for them, as well as some of the implications for future approaches to the prevention, early detection and treatment of cancer.

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W F Bodmer. 1994. Cancer genetics.. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a072907

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