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[Genetic counseling in cancerology]
1Unité d'epidémiologie génétique, INSERM unité 155, université Paris-VII, France.
Bulletin Du Cancer
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The evidence that genetic factors are of some importance in the etiology of cancer originates has been determined by genetic epidemiology, molecular biology, cytogenetics. Genetic counselling is one of the possible strategies for controlling cancer through genetics. Genetic counselling in this field more often concerns the family of the affected individual than the individual himself. Its aim is to develop a family oriented preventive medicine.