Environmental Carcinogenesis and Transgenerational Transmission of Carcinogenic Risk: From Genetics to Epigenetics
The dominant pathogenic model, somatic mutation theory (SMT), considers carcinogenesis as a ‘genetic accident’ due to the accumulation of ‘stochastic’ DNA mutations. This model was proposed and accepted by the scientific community when cancer mainly affected the elderly, but it does not explain the...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-08-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/8/1791 |