title: An idea on the genesis of the first cancer cell.
abstract: The first malignant cell could be the result of a type of fertilization or parthenogenesis between somatic cells that have undergone a meiotic or meiotic-like process initiated by carcinogens and viruses or occurring as a result of genetic errors.
mesh_terms: D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D008540:Meiosis; D008954:Models, Biological