The role of chance in cancer causation.
Med Lav
; 113(6): e2022056, 2022 Dec 07.
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| ID: mdl-36475502
ABSTRACT
In the last years, the discussion about the role of chance in the causation of cancer has generated much scientific and public debate. The concept that chance, or "bad luck", as responsible for a majority of the variation of cancer incidence, may be misleading, possibly causing an underestimation of the role played by known risk factors. In this commentary we discuss how host and external factors interact with chance in cancer causation in different ways, and provide examples of situations where chance appears to play only a minor role on cancer onset.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Lav
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
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Itália