Mechanisms of spontaneous human cancers.

doi:10.1289/ehp.96104s3633

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Mechanisms of spontaneous human cancers.

Environmental health perspectives - 1 May 1996

Venitt S

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The causes of much of human cancer remain obscure. The fraction that is spontaneous is unknown and cannot be calculated until all known external causes have been accounted for. This is not a feasible proposition. However, there is substantial evidence that about 80% of human cancer could be avoid...

Topics

5-Methylcytosine
CpG Islands
Cytosine
DNA Damage
Disease Susceptibility
Environmental Exposure
Humans
Mutation
Neoplasms
Oxidation-Reduction
Risk Factors
Smoking

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