Environmental Factors, Genes, and the Development of Human Cancers

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Roy, Deodutta (Editor), Dorak, M. Tevfik (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Pharmacology.; Environmental health.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Environmental Health.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

Cancer is a complex disease. Only 5-10% of human cancers are hereditary in nature. Many of us think of environmental agents when we think of carcinogens. The environment includes all that surrounds us, and environmental influences include not only chemical, physical and biological toxicants, but als...