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Cancer
Research from S.F. Winter and co-authors provides new data about cancer
November 13th, 2008
"Tumorigenesis and metastasis are complex multistep processes. In addition to the numerous somatic mutations that facilitate cancer progression, there is abundant evidence that an individual's genetic background not only contributes to overall cancer risk, but also specifically influences metastatic potential," researchers in the United States report. "The handful of human susceptibility genes that have been identified thus far do not fully account for hereditary cancer risk, and the discovery of additional susceptibility loci using population based studies is complex, time-consuming and expensive. Therefore, we and others have used a variety of mouse models to identify...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-11-13)
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