An alternative model for (breast) cancer predisposition

Abstract While environmental factors can greatly increase cancer risk, it is clear that an individual’s genetic constitution has strong impact on tumor formation. Hereby we present an alternative cancer predisposition model built on the assumption that efficiencies of DNA maintenance mechanisms in n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Erik Teugels, Sylvia De Brakeleer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-04-01
Series:npj Breast Cancer
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-017-0017-7