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Overview of Cancer

Pathway of cancer development

Pathway of cancer development

Cancer develops due to mutations in several key genes that control cell proliferation and survival. 

This is a chart of the pathway of cancer development. It shows how cancer develops due to mutations that inactivates the tumor suppressor gene and causes cells to proliferate. This causes the DNA repair gene to inactivate, which helps create an oncogene, which inactivates more tumor suppressor genes and leads to cancer.

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