Substantial contribution of extrinsic risk factors to cancer development

Nature

Volumn 529, Issue 7584, 2016, Pages 43-47

  Wu, Song ^a,b   Powers, Scott ^a,b,c   Zhu, Wei ^a,b   Hannun, Yusuf A ^b,c  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b Stony Brook Medicine   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUTATION ACCUMULATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STEM CELL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TURNOVER TIME; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SELF-RENEWAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CELL SELF RENEWAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION ACCUMULATION; NEOPLASMS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84953858599     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature16166     Document Type: Article

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