... These are called acquired, sporadic, or somatic mutations. An acquired mutation can be caused by things in the environment such as exposure to ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/geneticsandcancer/oncogenesandtumorsuppressorgenes/oncogenes-tumor-suppressor-genes-and-cancer-what-are-mutations
... This kind of mutation is different from inherited mutations, which are present at birth and in all the cells of the body. Somatic mutations are not ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index.aspx?letter=s
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... Fearon ER, Bommer GT. Progressing from Gene Mutations to Cancer. ... The somatic mutation theory of cancer: growing problems with the paradigm? ...
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... cancer. An abnormal change in a gene is called a mutation. The 2 types of mutations are inherited and acquired (somatic). ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/geneticsandcancer/heredity-and-cancer
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... These are called somatic or acquired mutations. This type of mutation happens in one cell at a time, and only affects cells that arise from the single ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index.aspx?letter=m
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