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'''Tumor initiation''' is defined as "a process in which normal cells are changed so that they are able to form [[tumor]]s".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?CdrID=390314|title=tumor initiation|publisher=National Cancer Institute|access-date=9 Nov 2012}}</ref> It is the first phase in tumor development. [[Mutagen]]s, substances that cause [[cancer]] can be tumor initiators. |
'''Tumor initiation''' is defined as "a process in which normal cells are changed so that they are able to form [[tumor]]s".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?CdrID=390314|title=tumor initiation|publisher=National Cancer Institute|access-date=9 Nov 2012}}</ref> It is the first phase in tumor development.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Compton C | chapter = Cancer initiation, promotion, and progression and the acquisition of key behavioral traits. | title = Cancer: The Enemy from Within | date = 2020 | pages = 25-48 | publisher = Springer | location = Cham | doi = 10.1007/978-3-030-40651-6_2 }}</ref> [[Mutagen]]s, substances that cause [[cancer]] can be tumor initiators. |
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Latest revision as of 12:19, 20 June 2022
Tumor initiation is defined as "a process in which normal cells are changed so that they are able to form tumors".[1] It is the first phase in tumor development.[2] Mutagens, substances that cause cancer can be tumor initiators.
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- ^ "tumor initiation". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 9 Nov 2012.
- ^ Compton C (2020). "Cancer initiation, promotion, and progression and the acquisition of key behavioral traits.". Cancer: The Enemy from Within. Cham: Springer. pp. 25–48. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-40651-6_2.
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