On the slope of the regression between stem cell divisions and cancer risk, and the lack of correlation between stem cell divisions and environmental factors-associated cancer risk

PLoS One. 2017 May 16;12(5):e0175535. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175535. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Cristian Tomasetti^{1

2}, Bert Vogelstein³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
² Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
³ Ludwig Center & Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.

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Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Cell Proliferation
Cell Self Renewal*
Humans
Neoplasms*
Smoking

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