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[Molecular cancer epidemiology--the present status and future possibilities].
Nihon eiseigaku zasshi. Japanese journal of hygiene - 1 Feb 1996
Sakai T
Abstract excerpt
Molecular cancer epidemiology is a relatively new strategy for malignancies. This strategy has made it possible to diagnose the predisposition to cancer. An individual is said to have a predisposition to cancer when a tumor-suppressor gene is inactivated in germ-line cells. Mainly the inactivation of the tumor-suppressor gene is caused by mutations at the coding region of the gene. However, we clarified that...
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