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Genotoxicity Testing

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The recognition that cancer accounts for almost one-third of all deaths in the United Kingdom provides the driving force to identify its causes and thus prevent this disease with its vast social, human and economic costs (1). Whilst the disease has been recognised for many centuries, we are no nearer to making significant inroads into improving a patient’s prognosis for the majority of solid tumours, so cancer prevention should be a major goal.

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  1. Cancer Research Unit, University of York, Heslington, York, YO1 5DD, US

    R. Colin Garner

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  1. University of Nottingham, UK

    Michael Balls (Professor of Medical Cell Biology) (Professor of Medical Cell Biology)

  2. University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

    James Bridges (Professor of Toxicology) (Professor of Toxicology)

  3. FRAME, Nottingham, UK

    Jacqueline Southee (Scientific Executive) (Scientific Executive)

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Garner, R.C. (1991). Genotoxicity Testing. In: Balls, M., Bridges, J., Southee, J. (eds) Animals and Alternatives in Toxicology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12667-5_4

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