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Abstract
The mutator phenotype hypothesis was postulated more than 40 years ago. It was based on the multiple enzymatic steps required to precisely replicate the 6 billion bases in the human genome each time a normal cell divides. A reduction in this accuracy during tumor progression could be responsible for the striking heterogeneity of malignant cells within a tumor and for the rapidity by which cancers become resistant to therapy. Cancer Res; 76(8); 2057-9. ©2016 AACRSee related article by Loeb et al. Cancer Res. 1974;34:2311-21. ©2016 American Association for Cancer Research.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27197248 PMCID: PMC5004728 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-0794
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Res ISSN: 0008-5472 Impact factor: 12.701