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Cancer, a slowly evolving disease

A lung cancer caused by cigarette smoking requires 20 to 40 years before reaching a clinically detectable stage. A recent study showed that during this long, latent period, the cancerous cells accumulate numerous distinct mutations which make them practically invincible by the time they become mature. Download this column

20-Apr-2015 |

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