title: Tracking Tumor Evolution through Mathematics.
abstract: A recent study suggests that many cancers undergo neutral evolution, with all key mutations present at the start of malignancy. New mutations acquired along the way don't confer any advantages on tumor cells.
authors.forename: Mitch
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leslie
mesh_terms: D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*