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Genetic Susceptibility to Cancer

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Seymour Garte

    1. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey New York University Medical Center, USA

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Part of the book series: Developments in Oncology (DION, volume 79)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Seymour Garte
    Pages 1-13

  3. Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis

    • Seymour Garte
    Pages 15-29

  4. Major Cancer Genes

    • Seymour Garte
    Pages 31-49

  5. Principles of Inheritance

    • Seymour Garte
    Pages 51-59

  6. Inherited Cancer Syndromes

    • Seymour Garte
    Pages 61-73

  7. Susceptibility to Environmental Carcinogenesis

    • Seymour Garte
    Pages 75-88

  8. Metabolic Susceptibility Genes — Phase 1

    • Seymour Garte
    Pages 89-101

  9. Phase II Metabolic Genes

    • Seymour Garte
    Pages 103-109

  10. Gene-Environment Interaction

    • Seymour Garte
    Pages 111-119

  11. Ethical and Other Issues of Genetic Testing

    • Seymour Garte
    Pages 121-129

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 131-137
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Despite recent progress in many areas of treatment and control, cancer remains a frightening threat to everyone. While scientists have known for decades that the majority of human cancers are caused by environmental agents such as radiation and the chemicals in cigarette smoke, not everyone who smokes gets lung cancer. Furthermore, many people who assiduously avoid all possible risk from smoking, diet, and pollution still succumb to some form of cancer later in life. Does this mean that there is an element of blind chance in the underlying mechanisms of human carcinogenesis? To what extent do genetic influences play a role in determining the cancer risk of individuals?
A number of `cancer families', in which several closely related individuals have suffered from various specific forms of cancer, have been studied by genetic epidemiologists. However, for the majority of cancer cases, little or no discernible genetic influence or family history is found. Recent research has discovered that for many of these `sporadic' (non-familial) cancer cases, defects or aberrations in certain metabolic genes not previously associated with genetic cancer risk may contribute to either causing the disease or at least increasing the chances of developing cancer. It is therefore possible that much of what has previously passed for `bad luck' may turn out to be a new type of `bad genes'.
Genetic Susceptibility to Cancer explains that this new idea of `bad genes' may contain an unexpected positive side. The carcinogenic effects of these metabolic genes, unlike those of the oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes that are responsible for the inherited cancer syndromes, can potentially be overcome or nullified.
Genetic Susceptibility to Cancer will provide a valuable reference for health professionals, researchers, clinicians and biomedical scientists who are interested in the current thinking in this critically important areaof cancer management.

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  • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey New York University Medical Center, USA

    Seymour Garte

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