Remark to Response of A. V. Lichtenstein

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V. N. Manskikh

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, 119991 Moscow, Russia; E-mail: manskikh@mail.ru

Received October 8, 2016

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The arguments against the “bad luck” hypothesis suggested by C. Tomasetti and B. Vogelstein ((2015) Science, 347, 78-81) are significant in any case, and new experimental studies are necessary.

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KEY WORDS: cancer, “bad luck” hypothesis, carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, extrinsic and intrinsic factors, cancer prevention

DOI: 10.1134/S0006297917010114

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