Limitations of the Driver/Passenger Model in Cancer Prevention.

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Mutations detected in cancers are often divided into "drivers" and "passengers." We suggest that this classification is potentially misleading for purposes of early detection and prevention. Specifically, some mutations are frequent in tumors and thus appear to be drivers, but are poor predictors of cancer; other mutations are individually rare and thus appear to be passengers, but may collectively explain a...

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