The molecular biology of carcinogenesis.

doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19930801)72:3+<962::aid-cncr2820721303>3.0.co;2-h

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The molecular biology of carcinogenesis.

Cancer - 1 Aug 1993

Pitot H C

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Carcinogenesis may result from the action of any one or a combination of chemical, physical, biologic, and/or genetic insults to cells. The process of carcinogenesis may be divided into at least three stages: initiation, promotion, and progression. The first stage of carcinogenesis, initiation, r...

Topics

Animals
Carcinogens
DNA, Neoplasm
Gene Expression Regulation
Genes, Tumor Suppressor
Humans
Mutation
Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Experimental
Oncogenes
Proto-Oncogenes

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