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Somatic variation in normal tissues: friend or foe of cancer early detection?
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Dec 2022
Acha-Sagredo A, Ganguli P, Ciccarelli F D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Seemingly normal tissues progressively become populated by mutant clones over time. Most of these clones bear mutations in well-known cancer genes but only rarely do they transform into cancer. This poses questions on what triggers cancer initiation and what implications somatic variation has for cancer early detection. DESIGN: We analyzed recent mutational screens of healthy and cancer-free diseased...
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