简介:AlterationsinDNArepair,cellcycle,andapoptoticpathwaysareoftenassociatedwithcancerriskandradiationsensitivity.IndividualswithreducedDNAdamageresponsefaceagreatersensitivitytomutagenchallenge.Interindividualvariabilityinmutagenorradiationsensitivityandincancersusceptibilitymayalsobetracedbacktopolymorphismsofgenesaffectinge.g.DNArepaircapacity[1].