Response to Comments by V. N. Manskikh: "Do External or Internal Factors Lead to Tumor Development? It Is Still Unknown".
The opinion is presented according to which the "bad luck" hypothesis (Tomasetti, C., and Vogelstein, B. (2015) Science, 347, 78-81), which has recently received experimental confirmation, has the right to exist, and its criticisms are largely unfounded.
Blokhin Cancer Research Center, Institute of Carcinogenesis, Moscow, 115478, Russia. alicht@mail.ru.
A V
AV
Lichtenstein
D000818:Animals; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000235:genetics*; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
D004273:DNA, Neoplasm