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Why the same DNA damage causes cancer in some people but not others
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New research indicates that inherited genetics play a significant role in how cancer develops and how patients respond to DNA-damaging treatments. This discovery helps explain why individuals with similar environmental exposures experience vastly different cancer outcomes.
Scientists have uncovered the first direct evidence that inherited genetics can strongly influence cancer risk and help determine how tumors develop over time. The results show that the genes a person is born with can interact with mutations acquired later in life, shaping the evolutionary path a tumor follows.
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