domingo, 26 de marzo de 2017

Causality and Chance in the Development of Cancer — NEJM

Causality and Chance in the Development of Cancer — NEJM



In addition to heredity and the environment, chance may also play a role in the development of cancer. Because the acquisition of mutations is stochastic with each cell division, organs with more stem-cell replication seem to develop cancer more often.
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From the Istituto Toscano Tumori and University of Firenze, Florence, Italy (L.L.); and the Cancer Research Institute and Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.P.P.).
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