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Which type of changes in DNA within cells can cause cells to grow and divide uncontrollably, leading to the formation of a tumor?
Which type of changes in DNA within cells can cause cells to grow and divide uncontrollably, leading to the formation of a tumor?
- Changes in proteins
- Changes in the DNA (correct)
- Changes in RNA
- Changes in the cell membrane
What is the main characteristic of cancer at the molecular level?
What is the main characteristic of cancer at the molecular level?
- Copy number stability
- High genomic instability (correct)
- Somatic gene stability
- Low genomic instability
Why does the heterogeneity of cancer pose a significant challenge to personalized cancer medicine?
Why does the heterogeneity of cancer pose a significant challenge to personalized cancer medicine?
- It makes it difficult to perform surgery on cancer patients
- It makes it difficult to treat cancer with chemotherapy
- It makes it difficult to diagnose cancer
- It affects key cancer pathways, driving phenotypic variation (correct)
Which gene is most commonly mutated in breast cancer?
Which gene is most commonly mutated in breast cancer?
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What is the self-seeding model of cancer development?
What is the self-seeding model of cancer development?
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What are passenger mutations in cancer cells?
What are passenger mutations in cancer cells?
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What is the role of epigenetics in cancer development?
What is the role of epigenetics in cancer development?
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What is the purpose of cataloguing genetic changes in different types of cancer?
What is the purpose of cataloguing genetic changes in different types of cancer?
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What is the significance of single-cell NGS in cancer research?
What is the significance of single-cell NGS in cancer research?
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