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Why is cancer considered a genetic disease of somatic cell?​
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Why is cancer considered a genetic disease of somatic cell?​

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The transformation of a normal cell into a cancer cell takes place through a sequence of a small number of discrete genetic events, somatic mutations: thus, cancer can be regarded properly as a genetic disease of somatic cells
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