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Genetic Predisposition to Disease

Causes of rectal cancer are probably environmental in the sporadic cases(80%), and genetic in the heredity-predisposed(20%) cases. Since malignant cells have a changed genetic makeup, this means that in 80% of cases, the environment spontaneously ...

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer

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