Regular Article
The biology of inherited cancer

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Abstract

This issue of Cancer Biology is focused on inherited cancer. In this short introduction to the topic we give a brief overview and list genes and the corresponding inherited cancer syndromes. We discuss the basic mechanisms of inherited cancer and the clinical implication of predictive genetic testing for cancer.

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