“…(Botstein et al, 1980). One of the purposes of RFLP studies in cancer has been to establish a specific association of a particular proto-oncogene RFLP, with increased incidence of certain types of cancer, suggesting genetic predisposition (Krontiris et al, 1985;Heighway et al, 1986;Liderau et al, 1985Liderau et al, , 1986Kawashima et al, 1988;Kakehi & Yoshida, 1989 (Liderau et al, 1985). On the other hand, in urothelial cancers (Ishikawa et al, 1988) and colon adenocarcinomas (Ceccherini-Nelli et al, 1987), prevalence of specific Ha-ras polymorphic variants was not observed.…”