Dermatoglyphics and cancerous diseases

: The dermatoglyphic analysis of finger and palm prints was conducted in oncologic patients living in the same town and in corresponding with respect to the number control groups of inhabitants of the same town that were matched to each patient by the most relevant risk factors. The study was based on 61 dermatoglyphic characters. Using computer pattern recognition programs sufficiently informative subcomplexes of these characters were formed. They permitted to discriminate between ill and control persons.