Hereditary cancer gene hunting. A phase of declining success?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 690-692

  Eisinger, Francois ^a,b   Horsman, Doug ^b  

^a INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GENE;

DATABASES, GENETIC; GENES, NEOPLASM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEOPLASMS; RISK;

EID: 34447251311     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.01.050     Document Type: Article

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