Inherited DNA as Well as Tumor Mutations Drive Cancer

Inherited DNA as Well as Tumor Mutations Drive Cancer

Source: Inside Precision Medicine

The research reveals the important ways in which a person’s underlying genome can affect the way cancer develops and behaves, and that treatment could be based on inherited DNA as well as mutations in specific tumors.

A person’s underlying DNA as well as the specific genetic mutations in tumors determine how cancer forms and evolves and should be considered when personalizing treatment, research suggests.
The findings, in the journal Cell, suggest that genes prese… [2928 chars]

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