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Data are presented on the dermatoglyphics of a group of cancer patients showing that they differ from those of groups suffering from certain other diseases and from those of reported mixed English samples. The differences are much more marked in males than in females. It is suggested that the genes which produce these differences may predispose the cancer patients to their malignancy.
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Fuller, I. Inherited Predisposition to Cancer? A Dermatoglyphic Study. Br J Cancer 28, 186–189 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1973.135
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