When is precancerous actually postcancerous?

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Demonstration that certain rare cancer-related mutations can (i) be shared by adjoining benign and cancerous tumor regions or (ii) be present solely in a cancerous but not in an adjoining benign tumor region are data often cited in strong support of the conventional idea that benign tumor regions consist of precancerous cells. However, considering the well-documented evidence that many malignant cell types are...

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