Cancers most commonly arise because of a series of two to five mutations in different genes that combine to cause a tumor. Evidence from a growing number of experiments focused on truncal mutations — the first mutations in a given sequence — suggests a new direction in understanding the origins of cancer.
Study of mutation order may change understanding of how tumors develop
Cancers most commonly arise because of a series of two to five mutations in different genes that combine to cause a tumor. Evidence from a growing number of experiments focused on truncal mutations — the first mutations in a given sequence — suggests a new direction in understanding the origins of cancer.