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Gene-environment interactions in cancer: do they exist?
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Sept 2006
Hemminki Kari, Försti Asta, Bermejo Justo Lorenzo
Abstract excerpt
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are extensively used in case-control studies of practically all cancer types. In addition to the pure genetic studies, gene-environment studies, which simultaneously consider environmental factors, have been increasingly conducted. All SNP studies aim at the identification of the role of inherited cancer susceptibility genes. However, being genetic markers, they are...
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