[Genetic epidemiology and cancer].

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Genetic epidemiology focuses on the familial and, in particular, genetic, determinants of disease and the joint effects of genes and environmental factors. Thus, genetic epidemiology aims at quantifying the risk of disease, cancer included, associated with genetic variation within a given population. In spite of the fact that most cases of cancer are initiated based on environmental exposures accumulated during a...

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