Genes and Environment in Cancer
Schwab, Manfred / Hofschneider, Peter H. / Munk, Klaus / Rabes, Hartmut M.
Different cancer types can result from a multiplicity of genetic and environmental factors. In recent years a number of genes have been identified as strong determinants for particular forms of cancer (particularly colon and breast cancer). The incomplete penetrance often evinced by the mutations of these genes has raised the possibility that additional endogenous or exogenous determinants contribute to cancer development or suppression. The m...