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Edited by Brian E. Henderson, Bruce Ponder, and Ronald K. Ross. 450 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 2003. $89.50. ISBN 0-19-513576-8.

It has been more than 100 years since the role of hormones in the risk of cancer was first recognized. Given the extensive body of work produced in this area during the past 60 years, it is a credit to the authors of Hormones, Genes, and Cancer that the book offers an up-to-date, thorough summary of the field. Henderson, Ponder, and Ross have brought together an impressive group of experts who have reviewed a range of topics, from the fundamentals of steroid hormone biosynthesis and metabolism to epidemiologic and molecular genetic studies, to polymorphisms in genes involved in hormonal response . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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