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We do not know the cause (or causes) of 85–90% of human cancers. The definite causes listed in this section account for only 10–15% of cancers. However, epidemiological research is identifying with certainty more and more carcinogens in our environment. Studies show that migrating populations tend to acquire the cancers that are characteristic of the countries to which they migrate, especially in the second and third generations. Because of these (and other) data, most epidemiologists are convinced that environmental factors play a dominant role in the causation of most cancers.
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International Union Against Cancer. (1978). Aetiology. In: Clinical Oncology. International Union Against Cancer / Union Internationale Contre le Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96472-5_3
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