Individual mutations are very slow to promote tumor growth

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 10:42 in Mathematics & Economics

Individual cancer-causing mutations have a minute effect on tumor growth, increasing the rate of cell division by just 0.4 percent on average, according to new mathematical modeling by scientists at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and other institutions.

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