The Path to Cancer — Three Strikes and You're Out

Bert Vogelstein, Kenneth W. Kinzler

New England Journal of Medicine · 2015 · 329 citations · 3 references

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Abstract

Focusing on driver-gene mutations and the pathways they control has rendered complex cancer-genome landscapes intelligible. In solid tumors of adults, alterations in as few as three driver genes appear to suffice for a cell to evolve into an advanced cancer.

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