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The history of cancer genetics in humans reflects interest in the occurrence of familial concentrations of cancer in families for over several hundred years; however, well-controlled systematic studies with pathologic correlations have been in progress for less than half a century. Primary work in the field has involved pedigree analysis, twin studies, and studies of large series of cancer probands and their families contrasted with comparable control groups.
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Lynch, H.T. (1967). Epilogue. In: Hereditary Factors in Carcinoma. Recent Results in Cancer Research / Fortschritte der Krebsforschung / Progrès dans les recherches sur le cancer, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48252-6_12
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