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A vicious interplay between genetic and environmental insults in the etiology of blood cancers.
Experimental hematology - 1 Mar 2018
Migliaccio Anna Rita
Abstract excerpt
Over the years, the etiology of cancer has been attributed alternatively to genetic and environmental insults. According to the genetic hypothesis, cancer cells arise from the acquisition of mutations that dysregulate the intrinsic mechanisms controlling normal cell growth and survival. In contrast, the environmental hypothesis holds that cancer can be caused by multiple extrinsic challenges that alter normal...
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