The importance of extrinsic factors in the development of cancers.
There was recently a debate on the relative importance of intrinsic versus extrinsic factors in cancer risk. We reported that extrinsic risk factors contribute substantially (more than 70-90%) to most common cancers. This finding promotes further research into the causes of cancer and how they could be prevented.
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
Song
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Wu
Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry, Pathology, and Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
Yusuf
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Hannun
Cancer risk; extrinsic factors; intrinsic factors