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Genetic susceptibility, predicting risk and preventing cancer.
Recent results in cancer research. Fortschritte der Krebsforschung. Progres dans les recherches sur le cancer - 1 Jan 2003
Pharoah Paul D P
Abstract excerpt
A polygenic approach to disease prevention has become a realistic goal that has arisen from the sequencing of the human genome. Some believe it will be possible to identify individuals as susceptible by their genotype and to prevent disease by targeting interventions to those at risk. However, doubts have been expressed about the magnitude of these genetic effects, and hence the potential to apply them either to...
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