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Variation in cancer risk among tissues can be explained by the number of stem cell divisions
- 1Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 550 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
- 2Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, 1650 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: ctomasetti{at}jhu.edu (C.T.); vogelbe{at}jhmi.edu (B.V.)
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Science 02 Jan 2015:
Vol. 347, Issue 6217, pp. 78-81
DOI: 10.1126/science.1260825
Vol. 347, Issue 6217, pp. 78-81
DOI: 10.1126/science.1260825
Cristian Tomasetti
1Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 550 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Bert Vogelstein
2Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, 1650 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.