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More genes involved in cancer

9 mars 2007, 00:00

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A painstaking scan of the DNA of tumor cells shows hundreds of previously unsuspected genes are involved in cancer, researchers said recently in a finding that offers new ways to fight the disease. They found more than 1,000 different mutations in just one family of genes taken from 200 samples of breast, stomach, colorectal and other common tumors. Other groups of genes also are involved in cancer.

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