Article
[Genetic consultation: hereditary cancer risk?].
La Revue du praticien - 1 Apr 2011
de Pauw Antoine, Stoppa-Lyonnet Dominique
Abstract excerpt
Cancer is a genetic disease of cells linked to the accumulation of mutations in genes mainly involved in cell cycle, apoptosis, and in DNA damage repair. In most patients, these mutations are acquired (somatic) during life; in some others, some mutations may be germline, inherited from one parent and transmissible to the offspring. The latter are more prone to cancer. Family cancer genetic clinics, developed...
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