Is Co-option a prevailing mechanism during cancer progression?

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Cancer progression results from the accumulation of genetic and epigenetic alterations that provide tumor cells with a selective advantage. The consecutive cycles of mutations, selections, and clonal expansions generate, over time, descendant cells with increasing malignant properties. Although this conception of tumor development rests on solid experimental foundations, it has also raised several persisting...

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