Hereditary cancer gene hunting. a phase of declining success?

doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2007.01.050

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Hereditary cancer gene hunting. a phase of declining success?

Medical hypotheses - 1 Jan 2007

Eisinger Francois, Horsman Doug

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For many opinion leaders "The genetic revolution in medicine is under way" and this "revolution" is often characterized as occurring within a time frame of a few years. We challenged this optimistic view looking at the trend for predisposing cancer gene discovery. With regard to Hereditary Cancer almost 60 genes are described. Using electronic databases we looked for the year of discovery for these genes. It...

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