And he questioned whether all cancers not known to be caused by inherited genes or the environment must be caused by replication errors. (sciencenews.org)
The entire process reduces replication errors around a thousand fold, serving as our body's best defense against genetic mutations and the problems that can arise from them, like cancer. (sciencedaily.com)
For cancers in which only a small percentage of mutations are due to random DNA replication errors, by contrast, primary prevention efforts — those aimed at minimizing harmful environmental exposures — will continue to be the most effective way to reduce cancer deaths, the researchers said. (aaas.org)