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Toward a genetics of cancer resistance.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Jan 2009
Klein George
Abstract excerpt
Two of three humans never get cancer. Even the majority of heavy smokers remain cancer free. Is this a matter of chance, or are there cancer-resistant genotypes? Based on the evidence discussed, it would appear that evolution has favored a limited number of relatively common resistance genes that may nip incipient cancerous foci in the bud, i.e., to stop them at their inception. It is further suggested that...
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