[Somatic Mosaicism and Clonal Evolution].

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Cancer originates from a single ancestor cell that acquires driver mutations, which confer a selective growth advantage, followed by the acquisition of additional driver mutations by descendant cells. Recently, it has become evident that somatic mutations accumulate even in normal cells with aging; exposure to environmental factors such as alcohol, smoking, and ultraviolet radiation increases this mutation rate....

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