Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-121) and index.
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Moon children -- How were cancer genes discovered? -- Oncogenes -- Tumor suppressors -- Chromosomal abnormalities and cancer -- Inherited genes that can cause cancer -- How many genetic mistakes are needed to produce cancer? -- Future hopes, challenges, and questions.
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An introduction to cancer genetics, with a look at how cancer genes were discovered, chromosomal abnormalitites and cancer, and inherited genes that can cause cancer.