Article
The mutation rate and cancer.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Dec 1996
Tomlinson I P, Novelli M R, Bodmer W F
Abstract excerpt
The selection of advantageous mutations underlies tumorigenesis. The growth of a tumor is therefore a form of evolution at the somatic level, in which the population is comprised of individual cells within the tumor. Models of tumorigenesis have considered the relative importance of mutation and selection. We show that selection is more important than an increased mutation rate in the growth of a tumor. Some...
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