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The biology and genetics of hereditary cancers
1Laboratory of Immunobiology, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research Facility, MD 21702.
Seminars in Oncology Nursing
|November 1, 1992
Abstract:
Hereditary cancer syndromes are generally produced by the inheritance of a single mutant gene. New tools have been developed that enable research workers to locate the defective genes responsible for the inherited forms of cancer. Once a disease gene has been localized, it may be possible to identify individuals who have inherited the disease gene before cancer develops.