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Mechanisms of carcinogenesis and individual susceptibility to cancer.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Jul 1994
Venitt S
Abstract excerpt
The population can be divided into four groups, or "oncodemes," depending on the relative contributions of environment and genetics to their risk of cancer. These oncodemes are: 1) background (random mutations in normal people); 2) environmental (environmental carcinogens acting on normal people); 3) environmental/genetic (environmental carcinogens acting on genetic susceptibility); and 4) genetic, with genetic...
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