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Isolation and Characterization of a Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Subpopulation Having Stem Cell Characteristics
Published on: May 11, 2016
A research note regarding "Variation in cancer risk among tissues can be explained by the number of stem cell
Maxime Tarabichi1, Vincent Detours1
1IRIBHM, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, B-1070, Belgium.
Abstract:
Tomasetti and Vogelstein argued that 2/3 of human cancers are due to 'bad luck' and that "primary prevention measures [against cancer] are not likely to be very effective". We demonstrate that their calculations for hepatocellular carcinomas overlooked a major subset of these cancers proven to be preventable through vaccination. The problem, which is not limited to hepatocellular carcinoma, arises from the general reliance of their analysis on average incidences in the United States and the omission of incidences in specific risk groups.
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