What does it mean to be a cancer gene carrier? Problems in establishing causality from the molecular genetics of cancer.

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Published in J Natl Cancer Inst on August 02, 1995

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A Schatzkin1, A Goldstein, L S Freedman

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1: Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.

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